Fallowing a breakup of Trip Shakespeare, Dan Wilson and John Munson joined higher by having drummer Jacob Slichter to form Semisonic inside 1995. An EP, Pleasure, was freed that season & a studio good-length Groovy Divide around 1996 on MCA. Semisonic's breakthrough come deuce years late around 1998 when their sophomore effort, Feeling Strangely Fine, reached a Top 50 chart on the nature and severity of the hit only "Closing Time" by having Munsin in piano & Slichter on strings. Their international career as well blossomed whenever an additional song from either a album, "Secret Smile", quickly became the UK radio favorite in the summertime of 1999, eventually peaking at #13 on the official UK Singles Chart. Additionally, a song "FNT" (Fascinating Just released Tool) from either Peachy Divide was utilized in the 1999 movie Ten Things I Hate About You.

Within early 2001 the band released its third album, Whole About Chemistry. A individual "Chemistry" was a mainstay overseas; yet, the album didn't fare too in the United States. A second song, "Over My Head", was utilized in the 2001 adolescent flick Summer Catch, & Semisonic rode a wave of various tours within and in a U.K. In the fall of 2001, Semisonic contributed their handle of the Wings classic, "Jet", for the Paul McCartney tribute CD, Listen to What a Human Said.

Dan Wilson took instance dead set wash a bit of solo projects & play tour dates about a Midwest inside December. Munson joined higher by having Wilson's brother & previous Hike Shakespeare frontman Matt Wilson to form the side design, The Flops, around 2001, though it is required to produce the final performance in early 2005. Dan Wilson is besides releasing the freshly Video inside 2005 featuring collaborations sustaining numbers of more creative person.

Around 2004, Jacob Slichter's book So Professional people Wannthe Become a Rock & Roll Star was published, detailing some of the experiences the group had while touring and attempting to get airplay on radio stations across the U.S.

Discography

Albums

Pleasure 1995 Great Divide 1996 Feeling Strangely Fine 1998 Feeling Strangely Fine (Japan) 1998 All About Chemistry 2001 1 Nighttime At Foremost Avenue (Survive) 2003

EPs & singles

Closing Time 1998 Singing in My Sleep (US Video Individual) 1998 Secret Smile (Australia CD Lone) 1999 Singing in My Sleep, Pt. 1 (Import CD Single) 2000 Singing in My Sleep, Pt. 2 (Import CD Single) 2000 Pleasure EP (EP) 2000 Chemistry 2001 Get a Grip 2001