(Credit: Brett Arthur)
Meet The Downtown Fiction. Of course, it's entirely possible that you already have met these Virginia dudes, seeing as how they're vets of both Warped Tour and Bamboozle. But for the uninitiated, here are the vital statistics.
The Downtown Fiction got together back in 2008. Led by guitarist/singer Cameron Leahy, the group has a self-titled EP and a mini-album, Best I Never Had, to their credit. As their appearances on Warped and Bamboozle suggest, these dudes truck in the indie-emo-pop genre that reels you in the second you hear it. But with assured playing and Leahy's acrobatic, high-pitched vocals, the band also call to mind the classic power-pop of The Jam and Squeeze.
Watch The Downtown Fiction's "I Just Wanna Run" video, taken from their Best I Never Had release, below.