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Although they took a break in the late '90s, Jack O'Neill and Cary Pierce have been making catchy folk-pop for nearly 20 years. The duo just dropped Promise of a Summer, its seventh full-length. To celebrate the event, Jackopierce schools us in their all time favorite jams, three of which reveal an intense love for early-'80s U2. There's also killer material from the Beach Boys, Bon Iver, Coldplay and even the Hold Steady. (This last pick helps explain the new album's edgy rock vibe.)