“I tell them it’s got the Russian influence,” he says. “It’s got the folk, it’s got the classical … It’s like this Russian-folk thing.”

Their sound makes sense in the context of popular indie-rock bands like Denver’s Devotchka, who incorporate elements of Eastern European folk and gypsy music, creating a romantic stew of Old World instruments – violins, accordions, trumpets, bazoukis – and dramatic vocal crooning. Era, who was born, raised and musically trained in voice and piano in Moscow, lends her unique background, right down to a traditional celebratory Russian-folk song that appears in their sets. David brings classical training in violin, Jimmy has a jazz-drumming past, and Tom and Dan add eccentric ideas, populating songs with deft, idiosyncratic guitar playing, glockenspiel accents, hand claps and robust backing vocals.