Scott Sellwood is the first to agree that his local indie-folk band Drunken Barn Dance has some impressive names in its lineup.

“It’s kind of a supergroup of dudes is what I think,” he said.

Two band members — guitarists Sellwood and Scott DeRoche — are alums of the much-loved local pop band Saturday Looks Good To Me, which has been on hiatus since 2008. Guitarist Greg McIntosh also plays in Great Lakes Myth Society, and Ryan Howard has been drummer for City Center (also an outgrowth of Saturday Looks Good to Me) and Canada. Music veteran Jim Roll, who plays bass in DBD, has been a part of too many local bands (and worked with them in the recording studio) to list.

Drunken Barn Dance will play a CD release show for the new album, "Grey Buried," at Savoy in Ypsilanti on Friday. It’s a somewhat rare chance to catch the band live, Sellwood said.

“We would all like to play more … it’s kind of difficult to coordinate schedules, so we don’t play as much as we’d like to. We played Mittenfest in December and we played one more time in February then we played the Elbow Room’s closing party and that’s basically it,” he said.

Be that as it may, releasing a new record (on local label Quite Scientific) gives them as good a reason as any to take the stage. Expect a show that’s full of spontaneity, kind of like the disc, which is deliberately about as far from being overproduced as it can get. There isn’t a single instrumental overdub — what you hear is what they played. The vocals were recorded in one or two takes as well. Listen to Drunken Barn Dance "A Winter's Tale" (MP3).

“The ethos of this band is really fly by night,” Sellwood cheerfully admitted. “I work really hard on the songs and then we honestly don’t work super hard on anything else. We get together and practice a little bit and then play. And when we record we get together, turn on the mics and we record. What’s good stays, and what’s crappy is gone. Those are the rules. Not only is it really fun and really freeing, but it also makes it easier to exist when everybody is so busy with other stuff.”

So what does Drunken Barn Dance sound like? Sellwood is candid about that, too.

“I think we rip off Neil Young, Crazy Horse and The Mountain Goats equally,” he laughed.

Drunken Barn Dance’s name doesn’t have anything to do with how the band sounds; it comes from an episode of TV’s irreverent animated comedy “South Park.”

“I love ‘South Park,’ I think its among the most profound commentary out there,” Sellwood said. “When I dreamed up the project I wanted to pick a name that sounded as far as possible from a guy sitting there with an acoustic guitar. It’s just a fortunate circumstance that the band is now kind of a real rollicking, hard-drinking, fun-loving band.”

DBD formed around 2006 with Sellwood — who now commutes from New York City, where he works for a music licensing company — doing a solo recording project. “I started playing rare shows in basements around town for a while, and little by little the guys basically talked their way into a band,” he recalled. “I think the first time we really debuted this lineup was Mittenfest 2008.”

Even though he’s no longer a local, Brandon Zwagerman counts himself a Drunken Barn Dance fan, calling them “one of the best bar bands in America.” Zwagerman, who now lives on the East Coast and is known for founding Mittenfest and hosting Madison House concerts here a few years ago, said the band is representative of “everything a lot of us love about a certain corner of the Southeast Michigan music scene.

“Sellwood's lyrics and reedy vocals have always held appeal, but when coupled with the current roster of veteran players the songs are transformative, life-affirming anthems,” he added.

Another popular and respected local talent, indie-folkster Chris Bathgate, is also on Friday’s bill, along with The Ferdy Mayne (Ypsilanti folk-rock) and The Big Mess (a rocking country band fronted by Scott Allen from the Detroit area’s Thunderbirds Are Now).

Roger LeLievre is a freelance writer who covers music for AnnArbor.com.

Drunken Barn Dance performing "No Love" earlier this month in New York: