The Ackleys - Forget Forget, Derive Derive

Somehow the fame thrust upon Be Your Own Pet last year has eluded Alabama’s The Ackleys. Though mostly dissimilar from those advantaged children of the industry in style, The Ackleys are also a very young (sub-21), female-fronted quartet. Katie Crutchfield musters up elegant vocals and lyrics that belie her age; twin sister Allison counters with the now-requisite keyboard. With the band’s youthfulness comes an unabashed predilection for basic songwriting—the tracks are generally predictable (it’s basically pop-punk with keys)—but the fuzzy warmness and familiarity makes Forget Forget, Derive Derive an EP worth coming back to more than a few times. [www.houseofloverecords.net]