This Long Island quintet won WLIR's Best Unsigned Band and WBAB's Homegrown Talent Search, and it's easy to hear why. Nine Days add grunged-out guitars to their otherwise sanitized pop for a sound that's mostly clean, but still a bit messy around the edges. And with that sort of non-offensive, mass-appeal sound, it's no wonder songs such as "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" have topped the Top-40 and Adult Alternative charts.