{"id":29170,"date":"2014-04-14T11:59:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T11:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=29170"},"modified":"2017-03-01T18:08:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T18:08:32","slug":"premiere-dwntwn-missing-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2014\/04\/14\/premiere-dwntwn-missing-you\/","title":{"rendered":"PREMIERE: DWNTWN – “MISSING YOU”"},"content":{"rendered":"

What better way to kickstart your week than to give away free music, courtesy of L.A quartet DWNTWN.<\/p>\n

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The world of pop music is littered with stories of awkward beginnings, but in the case of Los Angeles synth pop outfit DWNTWN, the meeting of founding members Jamie Leffler and Robert Cepeda takes uncomfortable beginnings to a whole new level. \u201cI was dating Robert\u2019s brother,\u201d<\/em> explains Leffler. \u201cAnd then when he and I broke up I pretty much immediately started a band with Robert.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The band, which initially started as a heartbroken lark back in 2010, eventually became a full-time pursuit. They first made waves after appearing on two different Kitsune compilations\u2014\u201cSee My Eyes\u201d appeared on Kistune America and \u201cMove Me\u201d (a collab with Giraffage and Jhameel) on Kitsune America 2.<\/p>\n