Guster
 

I suprisingly didn't see a thread about these guys... what do you think?
I liked their Ganging Up on the Sun album because it was pretty much my first indie sound ablum ever.
My friend saw them in concert and said they did great.

Ganging up on the Sun is great....just recently started getting into these guys....the Satellite EP is a good listen too. I'd like to see them

This thread is depressingly short. Unless there's another one that I missed, this forum's lack of Guster makes me sad.

I actually like Guster. I never seem to play any song apart from "Ruby Falls", but that just happens to me some time. I have no reason to play no Guster. It just never happens.

Lost and Gone Forever is one of my favorite albums, and it's radio-friendly enough that I'm not afraid to recommend it to anyone. Unlike that one time I told my friend to listen to Comus... oh god

My friends been telling me to check out this band for ages. After look at this thread, I should probably get on that.....

Only song I have heard by them. A friend sent it to me on AIM years ago. I think at some point I downloaded a bunch of Guster but eventualyl deleted it for some reason.

Guster needs a label that will do a better job of promoting them. They've been on six different labels in 15 years and none of those labels can figure out how to market them. Guster reminds me a bit of XTC, another immensely talented band who wrote gorgeous baroque pop music with intricate vocal arrangements in the manner of the Beatles or Brian Wilson. XTC really never found an audience (in the United States) for their music. Both bands have a similar dilemma: Too smart for mainstream pop but not edgy enough for indie pop.

What You Wish For from the album Lost and Gone Forever is simply one of the most perfect pop songs I've ever heard. Everything works, Steve Lillywhite's lush production, the gorgeous choir boy harmonies, the chiming guitars and the clever double edged message of the lyrics. It's a song that equals some of the Beatles finest music. When I first heard What You Wish For playing over the opening credits sequence of the movie, My Life As A House I wish so enchanted with the song, I stuck around to the end of the closing credits to find out the title of the song and the band, so I could purchase it.

My man! I've recognized the XTC comparison before as well. I think they've had a producer in common at some point in their careers.

Great post, pretty much agree with all of it