What a marketing tool - four pretty blonde sisters self-promoting and taking the "grass roots" approach in getting their material heard. Born and bred in the Midwest, Omaha, Nebraska to be exact, and named for the Lane they grew up on, Mulberry, never has the pop/folk music genre heard such smoothly sung harmonies since the Wilson Phillips trio from a few years back.

On "Run Your Own Race," the message seems clear - take a stand on your own, be strong, yet resolve in the fact that someone's there for you in a time of need. Each of the sisters, different in their respective degree of talents, upon getting together, they perform in perfect unison, making it hard to imagine they'd be anything but siblings. The heart tugging aspect surfaces the moment the first strum is played, and "Harmless," their first single, effortlessly finds its way to the listener. Oftentimes, from a lyrical perspective, personal gratification, emotional growth and a real down to earth quality come into play. In no time at all, it's hard not to fall in love with the soft, sultry voices each of them portray.

Musically upbeat and poppy, especially during the first two tracks (What, you were expecting maybe Joan Jett & The Blackhearts?), rarely does a band such as "Mulberry Lane" affect me as a music listener, appealing to the lesser felt sensitive side. In most cases, and this is certainly true when dealing with country/western flavored dance/pop, I'll usually get turned off by the fourth song thinking where's there left to go? That's not the case here. There's a quality that reminds me often of Fleetwood Mac in their prominent years where folksy ballads reigned supreme on the top 40 radio charts and Stevie Nicks was the gleaming queen of the lovelorn.

Keeping in mind that this is still a new band, which is mind-boggling when you consider the mature presence in the songs, I do believe they have the talent as singer/songwriters to make a lasting impression in both the AC and AOR categories.