Still unbelievable, listening back to it. Whiny emo merchants to song writing MACHINES, heading toward Van Bohlen's style of meek indie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOSjP0y3kek

And then there's The Promise Ring itself, which I got bored of quickly enough when the first few records landed, but then fell in love with at Wood/Water. And they of course went off to create Owen, American Football, Maritime - all solid US Indie gold.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7pNFuZteBc <- AMAZING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqPAQT1YldI&amp;feature=av2e

Get Up Kids deserve a mention, although in truth I loved STWHA, even so, On A Wire, for the most part, was wonderful, and showed off a lot more than I think anyone had been expecting, although I suppose the New Ams were already about at that point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Bb9nmwMOw <- Nice, Matt. Nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhX6SxbaYyE&amp;feature=related

And finally, weirdly, is Brand New, who went from being the whingiest people on planet earth with ATROCIOUS lyrics to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi70n_HFRtk

Astonishing really, except for when he misses the high note :-D

Anyone think of anything else?

PS - you too Kevin ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c8DFfzipZo