Ostensibly, Jonathan Deschamps is a folk musician, but his tracks are laced with experimental touches that prevent them from coming across as too coddling or naïve - his music is childlike, but not childish, and clearly in touch with the "psychedelic unknown." He's also got a finely-tuned ear for hooky pop melodies. "Spending Time With You" rolls along breezily with the kind of assured cool typified by mid-period British Invasion acts, then spins off into weirder, sample-infused territory (Deschamp's last band, the Auburn-based Zebulldada, were aggressively experimental and "dadaists of a sort"). The main constant in Deschamps' music is gently strummed acoustic guitar, recorded in gritty lo-fi. At times, I Believe in Sunshine sounds like an inspired mash-up of Woody Guthrie and primitive Animal Collective, particularly on the splendid "Swedish Whore."

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I Believe In Sunshine

with The Neoplastics
Saturday, Aug. 21, 8 p.m., Price TBA
Bob's Java Jive, 2102 S. Tacoma Way, Tacoma
253.475.9843