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Can't Love, Can't Hurt
The most memorable line of the hit single "Sweet and Low" from Augustana's sophomore set, Can?t Love, Can?t Hurt, goes like this: "Hold me down, sweet and low, little girl." What that means is anybody?s guess. But on a record this rich with tenderness, it hardly matters. Front man Dan Layus and company have come a long way since 2005's All The Stars and Boulevards: this go-round, the piano's the thing, and it complements ballads like the heartsick "Twenty Years" and "Fire"--as gorgeous a lament as it gets on a record by a band of 20-something dudes--beautifully. In addition to tweaking the music, Layus seems to have made a commitment to laying off the whining; the dab of youthful shrillness that worked its way into "Boston," the 2006 hit that put the band on the map, has been put aside in favor of a near-whisper on tracks like "Dust," a sexy slow rocker that carries a whiff of Neil Young. If there?s a quibble here, it's that Augustana held back not on quality (Can?t Love, Can?t Hurt?s production is so bright it practically gleams), but on quantity: at 10 tracks, the album that launched "Sweet and Low" is overly short and sweet. --Tammy La Gorce
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Tracks| 1 | Hey Now | | 2 | I Still Ain't Over You | | 3 | Sweet And Low | | 4 | Twenty Years | | 5 | Meet You There | | 6 | Fire | | 7 | Either Way, I'll Break Your Heart Someday | | 8 | Dust | | 9 | Rest, Shame, Love | | 10 | Where Love Went Wrong |
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