If you haven't heard of My Dear Disco by now, you will soon. Named one of the most promising bands in the country by the American Eagle New Music Union, MDD includes five musical masterminds who came out of The University of Michigan's music department. And what's more, they've created their own brand of music — cleverly dubbed Dancethink — that will have you bouncing on the dance floor in mere minutes.

"There was never a rigid sense of what our sound needed to be," said Guitarist Robert Lester. "Some bands have a niche that they really fit into; we never really had that. We just like a lot of different music and we wanted to include all elements."

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My Dear Disco's discography includes DanceThink LP, which was released in 2009, and its 2010 EP release, Over the Noise. Both discs, and an online collection of remixes, paint a picturesque dance party panorama, in which no one listener ever gets left sitting behind.

Though the band's sound is ultra unique, it doesn't go without influence. The members credit artists like Brazilian Girls, Justice, Michael Jackson, and Stevie Wonder as those who have driven their creativity. They've also gained notoriety for their remix of Kanye West's "Love Lockdown."

Perhaps it's the presence of notable influences in its music that gives My Dear Disco such appeal to a diverse demographic. Looking back, Lester remembers a particular performance during the Venetian Festival in St. Joseph where fans young and old came together.

"Little kids ... were dancing and catching fireflies, and on the other side of the stage a woman in her seventies was grooving," he said.

But it's not just the fans who feel the alterable energy during a My Dear Disco show. Lester will never lose the positive momentum he gained from both of the band's BlissFest performances.

"It felt like we were reaping the harvest of our efforts from the first time around," he said of the band‘s July 10 BlissFest appearance. "The first time we planted a lot of seeds and now BlissFest was like an anniversary. We grew our relationships with our fans. It was quite an arrival."

As for the band's positive attention and awards, Vocalist Michelle Chamuel chalks it up as motivation.

"It's a great honor and definitely fueled us and made us push harder," she said.

Lester adds, "It was like a narrow window of time where you feel it and then come back to earth."