Hands and Knees are Joe, Carina, Scott and Nick from Boston and Western Massachusetts. They are an unfussy songwriting band that has been characterized as a piquant, Americana-tinged low-fi act with beautifully dissonant melodies and distorted bouncy low-fi power pop from the future. Mixing a touch of punk, a bit of country glam and a dash of Brit-pop, this indie quartet has just fi nished recording its third album in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.