[I don’t know if this is turning into some sort of series or what, but I seem to keep dropping these little barely annotated video/music clips sometime between Tuesday and Thursday…]

No idea if these guys are going anywhere, but I have to admit that I like their sound. Says one reviewer:

These young men write and play like old souls. There are roots in traditional country, the Grateful Dead, and the great folk rock and alt-country bands of the past like the Flying Burrito Brothers, the Band, and Buffalo Springfield… they are so young that there is just no telling what will develop down the line. There are already great writers here. They are already accomplished musicians, and they are surrounded and nurtured by some of the finest musicians and artists in Canada. Of all the young groups I’ve seen in the past year, this is the one with the best chance of remaining true to their vision.

(Quotation found at the Harlan Pepper Web site.)

Young? Oh yes. As in “just out of high school” young. Maybe at some point they’ll tire of hearing that, maybe even before they grow out of the label. (And the one on the banjo (Dan Edmonds)? I haven’t seen this in any of the reviews I’ve read so far, but my gosh he reminds me of another skinny curly-haired nasal-voiced sorta-folkie singer-songwriter…) In the meantime, they do write and play some enjoyable music. Don’t expect to find a lot of it so far — their first CD, the aptly named Young and Old, just came out — but all the tracks I’ve listened to share the same sort of easy-going confidence.

Note: Would have posted lyrics if I’d been able to find them yet. Will keep my eyes open.

Update, 2010-01-27: I should have but did not offer a hat tip for the Harlan Pepper heads-up to the Beat Surrender blog, which specializes in promoting Americana/roots music of interest to its proprietor, Simon.