"Texas music, country music folk music and rock -- it is all American music, and speaks to life in America and beyond, wherther you live in Austin or New England or Alaska," says Grieder. Even though he thinks describing the band's sound is like dancing about architecture, Josh suggests that "Everyone knows who Merle Haggard is, everybody knows who Dave Matthews is, so if you say we meet in the middle, that's kinda of what's going on. It's got the boogie in it."