Meese

http://meesemusic.com/
Check these guys out here or on myspace. Meese is an up-and-coming band from Denver. They've toured with The Fray in the past year, and their first album (Our Album Year) was recently added to iTunes. I played high school football with the bassist, David VanderHamm, who is a couple years younger than me. Difficult to describe their sound, but you can get a decent idea by knowing that they list Sufjan, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, the Postal Service, and Rufus Wainwright, among others, as musical influences. As you can imagine from this list of influences, Meese' music has a contemplative tone saturated with a melodic piano backbone and clever combinations of vibrant, while not overpowering, guitar work. Vocals are handled by Patrick Meese and guitarist Mike Ayers, and complement well the band's overall dreamy, Sufjan-ish feel.

You can scout their music at their website above, and I'd recommend listening to "the champion", "don't forget" and "old enough". This is a band worth a listen.