If you know me at all, you know that I pride myself on "discovering" artists before they hit it big. With John Mayer, I performed Your Body Is A Wonderland at my high school in February of 2002, , and seven months before YBIAW was released as a single. I had tickets to a Jason Mraz show in the spring of 2003, but could not go because of a blizzard. He began his first national tour the following fall, when he . After seeing an awesome performance by Gavin DeGraw on Pepsi Smash (a defunct television show that had artists perform live) in July of 2003, I pre-ordered his album Chariot. His first single was October of 2004.
It may seem like I am inflating my own balloon. I am not. I am simply pointing to the fact that I have a history of finding good artists before most of the general public. Which brings me to my point.
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They are totally on the verge of becoming huge. Their first full-length album, , was released today. A few nights ago a good friend of mine was wearing one of their shirts and I asked about them. I decided to check them out that night and they blew me away. I immediately ordered their Reasons EP, which I got today, and pre-ordered How To Save A Life, which should be here tomorrow or Thursday. The song that completely sold me was Over My Head (Cable Car), which is their first single, and you can see the video on the .
You gotta check these guys from Colorado out.
