Semisonic

Born from the ashes of the influential Twin Cities band Trip Shakespeare, Semisonic first emerged to international acclaim with their 1996 debut, Great Divide. While the album was a critical hit (Rolling Stone called it “a record of simple but sparkling modern pop, rattling with power-trio vitality”), the group’s commercial breakthrough didn’t arrive until the 1998 release of their sophomore album, Feeling Strangely Fine, which went platinum on the strength of its chart-topping lead single, “Closing Time.”