Slow Runner artist picimg 2 . akamaized . netiu 2522 be 0 dtel 89504 c 48792 c 47 f 1 e . png Slow Runner got its start with Michael Flynn ' s writing and playing in high school . He played in a few bands but was mostly just having fun . He went to college and majored in English and Improving His Music and Writing . After college , Michael went to Boston for music school . He won 2 nd place in a John Lennon songwriting contest . Also in Boston , he met fellow bandmate Josh Kaler . Josh and Michael moved to Charleston , SC , where they met local Danny Cassady , who joined Slow Runner on bass . Dave Middleton soon joined in on guitar and the rest is history . Quoth Slow Runner on their Myspace profile , this is what we hope our music sounds like interesting , lyrical pop music shot out into space , bouncing around the satellites and getting mixed in with all their beeping and blipping . like if r 2 d 2 had an aching heart and a love for the noisiest beatles songs . ideally , if you took out the depressing lyrics and substituted in educational stuff about sharing with others and the states and capitals , you could sit down at a piano and have a classroom of kids singing along within minutes . thats the idea anyway . weird sounds get added later . and then we get to play live and see if we can make every heart in the room burst with pentup feelings . its a good job . Read more on Last . fm . Runner 26 , 932 listeners , 332 , 849 plays tags seen live , indie , indie pop , electronic , alternative Please downvote if incorrect ! Selfdeletes if score is 0 .