Every Friday, I try my hardest to listen to mail on 96.5 The Buzz — a segment on the afternoon show, The Church of Lazlo, where hosts Lazlo and Slimfast play some of the new alternative music they were sent or heard about that week. This week, as mail winded down to a close, Lazlo told a story about a band from Blue Valley High School sending him some of its music and asking for his thoughts on it. Lazlo said he was “blown away” by the band, called The Greeting Committee, and then played the band’s single, “Hands Down.” After hearing the song, I was pretty blown away too.

In fact, I was so impressed by “Hands Down” that I listened to The Greeting Committee’s entire debut extended play, “It’s Not All That Bad,” on Spotify. (The band also has music on iTunes, SoundCloud and Google Play — it’s a pretty official project.) Throughout the next few days, I listened to the EP multiple times because I liked it so much. In short, The Greeting Committee isn’t your typical high school band.

On “It’s Not All That Bad,” The Greeting Committee establishes a solid signature sound. Most of the music features prominent guitar riffs, somewhat-soft-yet-powerful vocals and well-written lyrics, most of the time about being and not being in love. What the EP lacks for in production (the band members recorded the album in two different basements) it makes up for in general professionalism — you don’t need to know that The Greeting Committee is a high school band to be impressed.

The EP opens with an upbeat, Two Door Cinema Club-esque guitar riff on “Out of My Head” and, once lead vocalist/guitarist Addie Sartino starts singing, her haunting voice makes it nearly impossible to turn off the song. “I Don’t Mind” is a slower track, and a nice contrast for the middle of the album. It features some additional vocals from bassist Pierce Turcotte, and has a pretty rockin’ bass part toward the ending. “Hands Down,” the aforementioned first single, fittingly closes the EP, transitioning from happy, summery verses and choruses to a fantastic extended bridge, outfitted with experimental guitar parts and a beautiful, one-line refrain that ends the EP.

Once I had heard The Greeting Committee’s EP, I couldn’t help but find out more about them. Upon checking out the band’s Twitter, I saw there was going to be an EP release party on Saturday at an Irish pub called Llywelyn’s. (The EP had only been officially released the day before.) So, like any sucker for good music, I got a few of my friends together and we decided to go.

We arrived a few minutes before the show began, and the place was already packed with dedicated fans, most of whom seemed to be from Blue Valley. After we made our way to the front, I decided to buy a physical copy of the EP to support the band and add to my collection of CDs (and because of the super cool album art).

The Greeting Committee’s set began with an acoustic, ukulele-backed cover of Florence + the Machine’s “Dog Days Are Over.” The acoustic feel didn’t last long before Sartino, Turcotte and guitarist Brandon Yangmi picked up their guitars and rocked a few more covers. The band’s cover of MGMT’s “Kids” was straight up phenomenal, with Yangmi recreating the original song’s synths on his guitar. The Greeting Committee’s standout cover, though, was The Temper Trap’s powerful “Sweet Disposition.” The entire band slowly built its sound on the song, before reaching a peak that can only be described as awesome.

When The Greeting Committee began playing songs off “It’s Not All That Bad,” the music took a more serious feel — after all, the members were actually playing songs they wrote. The songs sounded even better live than they did on the EP, and the band tried to have as much fun as possible with the performance, with Turcotte doing multiple jumps and crowdsurfing for a few seconds and Sartino venturing out into the crowd for a few songs. The members put all they had into “Hands Down,” with Yangmi killing it on guitar and drummer Austin Fraser turning into the raddest tambourine player ever.

The best thing about seeing The Greeting Committee live, though, is the members’ humility. Sartino gave a whole bunch of thank yous throughout the set, and sang with some friends on a few different songs. After having a single played on a nationally-renowned radio station, you’d expect the band to play off that a lot, but Sartino only mentioned it once throughout the hour-long show, and seemed to be extremely grateful about it.

After the set ended, the audience began chanting for an encore, but the band quickly said they had played every song they knew. Knowing the band had played its entire repertoire made the show seem a little more special and, although I wanted to hear some more music too, I was content with what the members had played.

Now that I’ve seen The Greeting Committee live once, I absolutely cannot wait to see another show from the band. If you didn’t stop reading halfway through this blog to listen to “It’s Not All That Bad,” you ought to now, and if you want some more music, the band posts a cover to YouTube on the 5th of each month as well. I’m sure you and I will see more quality songs from The Greeting Committee in the future, and I’m really excited to watch as the band’s music inevitably gets bigger and bigger.

P.S. I’m going to post a second blog for this week on Friday, and it won’t be just any blog … it’ll be a review of The Mowgli’s, Night Riots and Hippo Campus’ show at the Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland on Thursday, April 2. So, stay tuned for that.