Joseph Sumner (born 23 November 1976) is an English singer-songwriter, vocalist, and bassist. He is the frontman and a founding member of the rock band Fiction Plane, with whom he has released six studio albums, and has pursued a parallel solo career, releasing his debut solo album Sunshine in the Night in 2023. He is also co-founder of Vyclone, a company that developed a multi-angle video recording application..
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Sumner learned to play guitar and drums when he was a teenager, and was inspired to write songs when he heard Nirvana's album Nevermind. He formed a band with a school friend, bassist Dan Brown, which eventually became Fiction Plane when it was joined by British guitarist Seton Daunt.
Fiction Plane recorded its first album, Everything Will Never Be OK (2003), without a full-time drummer, relying instead on session musician Abe Laboriel Jr. Soon after, Fiction Plane hired drummer Pete Wilhoit, a native of Indiana.
After that album, Fiction Plane released Bitter Forces and Lame Race Horses (2005), Left Side of the Brain (2007), Paradiso (2009), Sparks (2010), and Mondo Lumina (2015). The band received much attention when it was the opening act for The Police's reunion tour in 2007.