The band may be irresolute, but the guys of Mook sure know how pull it together. Hailing from New York and their hometown of Wilton, Connecticut, the band with a heavy D.I.Y. spirit independently recorded their EP, The Eggs, on a computer in frontman Paul Dano's parents’ attic, went on tour, continue to book their own shows, manage their own MySpace page, and promote their wares. Bassist Rob Bruce, keyboardist Dan Kreiger, drummer Gus Johnson, and vocalist/guitarist Dano (Little Miss Sunshine) make up the unclassifiable quartet: "We all come from different places musically. There is some rock, jazz, hip-hop, folk, classical, Latin, and more, even if you can't directly tell," says Dano. "People seem to think we don't sound too much like one other band, which is definitely a goal of ours." Mook, a slang term for an insignificant person ("I believe the band have a collective inferiority complex," hints Kreiger), channels eccentric folk-rock in the vein of the Blow and Iron & Wine, but with plenty of elements to stray from categorization. Such is the case with crooner songs like "Brokenbee," which Johnson describes as "very mellow and pretty…mostly the girls seem to like it," as opposed to the haunting, acid jazzy “Darkling.” Though playfully self-deprecating, incapable of defining themselves, and accountable for their fickleness, Mook still manages to find their receptive audience. "Our top selling song [on iTunes] seems to change by the day," says Kreiger. "I suppose our fans are as indecisive as we are." JINNIE LEE

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