Saw them at the Black Cat this weekend: very good band, but no representation on Emusic, which makes my listening to them considerably less likely. Tear. That said, they do have a very funny FAQ, including this gem:
Middle Distance Runner is what you would be left with if you took every nu-metal, frat-rock, and emo band, put them into a poorly insulated spaceship, and then drove it into the sun. On a related note, Earth would be left with a cleaner atmosphere, our population a higher median IQ, and the secrets of the Human brain would be revealed. Cancer would be cured. Ice cream would never melt unless you wanted it to.
So, is that indeed what this sounds like?