There's a timelessness to Fletcher C. Johnson's tunes. They have a distinct down home feel that might make you surprised to hear they're hailing from Brooklyn and not some different era and place entirely. Which is not to say they don't rock. They most certainly do - and in quanitities befitting of their current home at shred-haven Burger Records.

The band really shines in their live show. There's the hard to pin down but immediately recognizable sound of a band having fun on stage, which can seem like a lost art among droves of artists more concerned with nailing every note with machine-like precision. Their July 27th 2013 set at Shea was a loose affair, made perfectly clear on "Wasted Boys" where it slipped Fletcher's mind that one of his members didn't know how to play the song. And it turned out great - that type of spontaneity in performance keeps the music feeling live.

If you're left wanting more after you've listened to this short 'n sweet set, their latest LP "Salutations" has recently been repressed and is available again via Burger Records. -LC