FourFour members of Murfreesboro music group Juan Prophet Organization sit gathered around a table at a local coffeehouse, sipping frothy, caffeine-laden beverages, sharing chocolate covered coffee beans and enjoying each other's company.

Siblings Kris and Grayson White, Josh Foreman and Jeff Holt are more than just members of the same band; they are also friends. All hail from the storm-ravaged areas of Louisiana, and Kris, Grayson, and Josh have been buddies since the seventh grade.

Today the friends, along with band mates Matt Crisafi and David Jellema, make up Juan Prophet Organization, one of the most prolific and established bands in the Murfreesboro music scene.

The band plans to celebrate the future and its history Saturday with the release of its third CD, "The Carrot and the Stick." A CD release party will kick off at 10pm at Wall Street.

"We're going to play two-and-a-half sets," says Josh of the impending show, as he munches on a chocolate-covered coffee bean. "The first set will be a set of songs from past albums. The next set will be the entire new album, and the third set will be our future stuff."

However, band members say attendees at the show will be treated to more than great music.

"We're going to have interpretative dancers," says Kris. "We built risers for them and everything. We have a comedian, Troy Blackwood, to entertain between sets.

"And we want to encourage everyone to come out in costume," adds Grayson.

Costumes are implements the band holds in high regard. Members feel dressing up adds a festive atmosphere to their shows.

"We try and do something aesthetically different every time," says Grayson. "It seems fitting for us to be on stage in costume."

"We really enjoy being theatrical," adds Josh. "It lets the audience know we aren't tring to half do anything. We used to carry a bubble machine, and we used to carry a fog machine."

"I hate the bubble machine," injects Kris.

With instrumentation that includes clarinet, cornet, accordion, violin, piano, and glockenspiel, in addition to more traditional rock band instruments including guitar, bass, keyboard and drums, the Juan Prophet Organization has much more going for it than an original live show.

"We're a little out of the ordinary," explains Grayson.

"We're jazz- and klezmer-influenced, spin-out rock with a touch of classical," fills in her brother. (Klezmer is a Jewish style of music)

"We've never been ones to limit ourselves,' adds Josh. "We like to keep it fresh."

JPO's "The Carrot and the Stick" reflects the band's distaste of boundaries. The CD features vast instrumentation and a combination of genres that run from Celtic-influenced to reminiscent of New Orleans street music.

Band members say it took more than two years to assemble the record and it wouldn't have been possible at all without the generosity of area recording studios and their engineers.

"We used 30 minutes of studio time here and there when people had openings," recalls Jeff. "We recorded it at various houses in this town and a few studios that we can't mention. We had it mastered at Georgetown."

"The production and recording is a big step up," adds Grayson.

"It sounds better than the other CDs," continues Jeff. "The packaging is nice."

"We put more time and money into this one," finishes Josh.

When it comes to favorite songs from "The Carrot and the Stick," most members say they couldn't possibly pick one. They just hope Saturday night's crowd at Wall Street likes them all.

"Maybe we will even break out the bubble machine (for this show)," concedes Kris.