Beagle Brothers put lots of heart into ‘Hearts Go By’

The Beagle Brothers, aka the “Architects of the Bloomfield Sound,” will celebrate the release of their fourth album, “Hearts Go By,” on Friday at Howlers, 4509 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield.

The homegrown alt-country band spent a year recording this one, which it considers to be “a celebration of change, embracing the inevitability that nothing good lasts forever, and nothing bad is permanent — a reflection on relationships both new and old.”

The Beagles tackle marriage, divorce, childbirth and other life-changing events with skipping honky-tonk beats, catchy hooks, twangy harmonies and the warmth of pedal steel guitar. “This isn’t country” will be said by nobody.

“This album was born out of change, in more ways than one,” says guitarist Read Connolly. “Not just personal changes in our lives but also a change in style and instrumentation. Ezra [Smith] learned to play the drums for the sake of capturing that ’70s country sound we are all inspired by. Even now, while releasing the record, the band continues to change. That’s why I called the record our raison d’etre in the press release — the album is quite literally what’s bonding us from disparate life paths and locations.”

The 14-song album was recorded at Red Caiman Studios, Downtown, with extra help from Danny Rectenwald on mandolin and Kayla Schureman on vocal harmonies. There also is a comical video for the single “Living/Sleeping.”

You can find them on the WDVE Morning Show on Friday, and joined by Andre Costello and Kayla Schureman at 9 p.m. that night. Admission is $5, download cards and CDs will be available for $5.