THE ORANGE CONSTANT, DEAF ANDREWS, THE WRIGHT AVENUE

Five-piece Charlotte band Deaf Andrews draws on funk, blues, classic rock and indie, but the overriding throughline is pop that’s light yet grounded, sophisticated but not sour. Jangling single “Yellow Sands” harnesses a percussive prog-rock gallop to a bright and direct tune with underlying grit. “Calm and Collected” is a slice of sunny alt funk with a percolating bassline. Georgia-based The Orange Constant tills an Americana-tinged rock garden with 1970s AOR trimmings. Greensboro’s Wright Avenue fits everything from psych rock to Appalachian strings into supple grooves.