A Leaf is a band that produces the kind of hushed folk rock that’s made for lazy summer days sleeping in the park. Dreamy vocal harmonies slip in and out and about the dulcet guitar strums, shuffling drums and piano flutters. Most of their songs meander along pleasantly, and as you listen your heart rate slows almost to a crawl, falling in rhythm with the gentle breeze under the summer sun. It’s the stuff that instantly triggers cynicism in the hearts of music snobs. But the band is nothing if not sincere.

“We feel that music is what we’ve been given and we feel like it’s the only thing we have to give,” I’m told by bandleaders Shannon Donahue and Nate Daley. “We    want to spread it around.”

They’ve been playing music together since they were kids, and as I speak to them on a conference call, it’s not hard to sense their excitement over the possible release of their first album. A fund-raising show is to be held this weekend at Donahue’s Tacoma home to collect the necessary capital for the venture and the band will also play this Friday at The New Frontier Lounge. In a surprisingly entrepreneurial move, they’ve decided to sell one percent shares of their album’s profits.

The band is confident in their music.

“We feel like this is the most honest, spiritual, most ‘us’ music we’ve made,” says Daley.

They’re not cocky; they just honestly believe in their music—a shambling, honeyed kind of beauty that transcends time and place and cynicism. It manages to find that delicate balance somewhere between sweet and hokey, pushing sincerity to the edge and pulling back at the last moment. It would mean the world to A Leaf for you to show up in support of their fund-raiser. If you play your cards right, you could even become a shareholder and own a little bit of loveliness.

[The New Frontier Lounge, with The Missionary Position, Sirens Sister, Friday, July 24, 9 p.m., 301 E. 25th Street, Tacoma, 253.572.4020]