Their debut album is out since November. Of course everyone have heard the Timbaland remix of "Apoligize", but the whole album is very promising i must say. It takes a a few listenings, but then your stuck!
OneRepublic considers its music to be influenced by everyone from the Beatles to U2, and anything in between. "We're no respector of genre," says frontman Ryan Tedder, "If it's a good song or a good artist whether rock, pop, indie or hip hop, they've probably influenced us on some level...nothing's new under the sun, we're a sum of a bunch of parts." They aspire to move their listeners the way Bono does onstage. "You go to a U2 concert and it's like church," Tedder says. "I'd love to make people feel like that. I don't want someone to just say, `Oh, nice voice, nice song.' I want that person to walk away and feel like he or she has had a religious experience; we want them to feel moved."
Nice words there, and "Say (All I Need)" and "Mercy" is very U2-ish.
http://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Out-Loud-OneRepublic/dp/B000WMEAKC/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
