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Members: Dan Young (vocals, guitar), Gavin Phillips (guitar), Phil Cobrea (bass), Ryan Tapert (drums)
For fans of: Panic! at the Disco, Mae, The All-American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday
Label: Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic Records

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With its animated energy and strong, soulful lyricism, This Providence marks the coming of a genuinely inspiring new band. Songs like "Secret Love And The Fastest Way To Loneliness" and the biting first single, "A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing," are rich with passionate riffs and heartfelt emotions that are both deeply individual and universally approachable. Having toured nearly non-stop for the past two years, This Providence have already earned a fervent following throughout the country. The bighearted melodic rock of their self-titled Fueled By Ramen debut should see the quartet bringing their joyful noise to an even wider audience.

Formed in the suburbs of Seattle, This Providence came together in mid-2003 when Australian-born vocalist Dan Young and bassist Phil Cobrea's high school punk band invited local guitarist Gavin Phillips to join them in a new project.

"We really liked Gavin, and we were wanting another guitarist," Young says. "He played a big part in our maturing as musicians. Gavin is a great writer, and it really changed the direction we were going in."

Inspired by Seattle's prolific and diverse music scene, the band was determined to move away from the pop-punk of their youth into more open musical terrain. In 2004, This Providence released The Sunday's Best EP, which featured material penned before Phillips joined up, and as such, didn't truly represent the band in their current form. With that in mind, they quickly recorded three songs with local producer Casey Bates, known for his work with such bands as Forgive Durden, Daphne Loves Derby, and Gatsbys American Dream. The demos caught the attention of Washington's RocketStar Recordings, who invited This Providence to lay down additional tracks, resulting in the band's debut album, Our Worlds Divorce.

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