Can't Love, Can't Hurt

Augustana
Label: Sony
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Audio CD
Release date:29th April 2008

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Track Listing

1. Hey Now Lyrics
2. I Still Ain't Over You Lyrics
3. Sweet And Low Lyrics
4. Twenty Years Lyrics
5. Meet You There Lyrics
6. Fire Lyrics
7. Either Way, I'll Break Your Heart Someday
8. Dust Lyrics
9. Rest, Shame, Love Lyrics
10. Where Love Went Wrong Lyrics

Product Description

Can t Love, Can t Hurt is 10 studiously-chosen cuts of modern, melodic, piano-driven rock, informed by a love of classic pop/rock songwriters from The Beatles to Tom Petty and covering deeper subject matter than the band s debut.

Amazon.com

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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