Kevin Bronson on December 2nd, 2010

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What HoneyChild’s debut album “Nearer the Earth” lacks in bulk – at eight songs over 26 minutes, it’s a value-added EP more than anything – it makes up for in heart. The L.A. six-piece [we suspect the mud and debris are hiding half the band in the photo above] are cultivating a buoyant, earnest take on folk-pop, just twangy and jangly enough to share bloodlines with their California pop brethren. The band’s roster includes Tobias Jesso (guitar/vocals), Noah Gersh (guitar/banjo/mandolin/vocals), Eric Donley (guitar/vocals), Jamie Schefman (bass/vocals), Lance Piebenga (keyboard) and Rheese Detrow (drums). Whatever these guys come up with next, it’ll probably be good for a sing-along.

||| Download: “The Father” [audio:http://www.planetarygroup.com/newmedia/pages/honeychild/mp3/thefather.mp3]

||| Also: If you liked that track, trade your e-mail address for a full-album download of “Nearer the Earth”: