Justin Roth performs in the Radio Heartland studio.

I recommend listening to this record from beginning to end, with your eyes closed and your imagination ready to run wild.

Taking their name from a short story written by Russian author, Tatyana Tolstaya, the Austin, Texas folk-rock band could literally be called a garage band - they recorded their debut album in a garage before being signed to Jagjaguwar records where they released four more critically-acclaimed records.

The Roe Family Singers have long been a mainstay at the 331 Club playing every Monday night, minus two, for the past six years. Formed by the husband and wife duo of Quillan and Kim Roe in 2004, now nine members strong the Roe Family Singers are fine tuned folk organization including a musical saw and jug player.

"Soaring vocals" seems to be how Seattle's The Head and the Heart tend to be characterized in many of its music reviews. Writers use those words to describe the multiple part harmonies anchored in solid songwriting that are all over their debut, self-titled release on Sub Pop Records.