It seems that at any given time, there’ll be one or two television shows on the air that become well known for their outstanding soundtrack picks. Depending on your tastes, this trend probably started either with the fantastic proto-Wire detective series Homicide: Life on the Street, or the show that gave us way too much Paula Cole for any sane human being to take, Dawson’s Creek. Then there was The O.C., following in the footsteps of Homicide by offering viewers a gritty look into the drug ghettos of Southern California and the hardened police detectives tasked with maintaining a semblance of law and order in a corrupt, dangerous environment. Or maybe it was a teen drama show that basically launched the career of Death Cab for Cutie. Take your pick.

Today, the main candidate for pretender to the throne appears to be Grey’s Anatomy, a show that looked to me to be about as interesting as the failed Gideon’s Crossing (gotta keep working in the Homicide references). Of course, I didn’t bother to read the fine print that said the show was basically Sex in the City, but set in a hospital. Which would explain the show’s immense popularity.

Anyways, that’s a long way to get to the Eames Era, a band I discovered last year thanks to Pandora. They have a song featured on the Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack. Trust me when I say that’s entirely coincidental. But it does highlight that many of the bands that get featured on hot television shows often end up in roughly the same place they were before Burbank waved the magic wand of television fame; chances are the Louisiana band gained quite a few followers from the show’s airing of “Could Be Anything,” but they’re not going to headline arena shows any time soon.

Which is fine, because twee pop of the not-so-twee 21st century variety never works in arenas anyways. They’re not overtly cute and cuddly like some twee pop of the past, and the band can actually play their instruments fairly well. But the basic idea remains: sugar-sweet melodies, crunchy guitars and a general happy-go-lucky attitude. With the rest of indie rock well into its fragmentary baroque period, it’s reassuring to know that some people haven’t given up on indie pop.

Heroes and Sheroes is the upcoming album, due sometime early this year. If you’ve come here desperate for the song they played on Grey’s Anatomy, that’s off an earlier EP called The Second EP. You can download “Could Be Anything” off their Myspace page.