Don’t trust the Carrots’ MySpace page, which describes the band as “Austin’s new evangelical sensation who met two years ago at church camp and realized they all had a devout love for God in common.” It lies.

“Basically I have a lot of computer time at work, so one of my jobs is to completely revamp the MySpace page every month or so,” said Chris Lyons, bassist for the local sextet. “I just write completely fake information. It’s pretty funny, but I’m afraid it’ll backfire in some horrible way.”

Good-natured ribbing aside, attending one of the Carrots’ eminently enjoyable live shows can nonetheless qualify as a religious experience. Simultaneously one of Austin’s most distinctive and most easy-to-categorize bands, the Carrots — two guys and four gals strong — very purposefully evoke the spirit of classic ‘60s Motown girl groups like The Ronettes and the Supremes. Clad in snazzy matching outfits and belting out perfect harmonies in pleasant 2-and-a-half minute chunks, they make the kind of expertly-crafted pop tunes that might fool audience members into thinking they’ve fallen through a time warp.

“Most of the songs are about 2 minutes,” said vocalist and keyboard player Jennifer Moore. “So you can’t repeat things, and the songs are more powerful. It’s kind of like orange juice concentrate.”