The Duke University newspaper, The Chronicle, did an interview with Jared recently to promote Augustana’s scheduled performance at Duke University’s Page Auditorium this coming Saturday!

Source: DukeChronicle.com

 It took a while for All the Stars and Boulevards, after it’s release in 2005, for you guys to get to the national stage. What do you think has helped you guys get to the top?

I don’t think we’re at the top by any means. The biggest thing for us was just that we toured for two years pretty much before we were able to start getting some video and radio play. I think it’s really cool that we were just able to play shows and not have to worry about the media for a while, and just develop a good fan base. I think all our fans are just really solid and really dedicated, and hopefully come out to a lot of our shows. Which it feels like. Those people have been really, really supportive of us. Between that and MySpace, those have been the two biggest things for us.

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