A very different kind of sound straight from Austin, Texas will make its way to Greenville and to South Carolina for the first time this Tuesday. The untraditional three-piece band Shotgun Party will appear at the Bohemian wielding a guitar, fiddle and upright bass.

Guitarist/vocalist Jenny Parrott said this is the first time she’s been in a touring band, to say nothing of one traveling the length of the United States. The band handles its own booking and, according to Parrott, this tour is the culmination of much hard work.

“I never had a clear picture of what touring like this would be like,” Parrott said, “Both the difficulty and the rewards have exceeded my expectations, but now that I know what this kind of work is like I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

Shotgun Party was formed in 2006 after Parrott found fiddler Katy Rose Cox and upright bassist Christopher Crepps. Parrott said the three made a good match from the start. One album, steady work on a second, and the current tour prove she was right.

Parrott said the band was well received in the Austin music scene from the beginning. Their hard-to-define mix of country, pop, gypsy jazz and folk music helped to separate them from the pack. Parrott is personally influenced by the songwriting of Neil Young and the vocal stylings of Bjork and Nina Simone, although she said her band mates’ influences could represent those artists’ polar opposites.

“I like to say I have a hybrid vocal style informed by country music,” Parrott said, “Unfortunately, I’m from a small town in Connecticut so I can’t really call myself a country singer. The musical legacy from Connecticut is now me and Meatloaf.”

Parrott said the band focuses their live shows on originals, which range from waltzes and lullabies to tunes that are “out there and wild.” “Holy Needles” is one standout song, while “Mean Old Way” is a favorite of Parrott’s. She describes the song as a Sam Cooke-inspired soul song that tells a story.

Parrott describes many of Shotgun Party’s songs as stories, but she says others are a little more abstract, as if they were just glimpses into a situation. Parrott said she goes for the melody first with a subject in mind only to find what she wants to express after the music is done. Because the meanings of some songs are unclear, Parrott and company like to tell the stories of their songs before they play them.

Parrott looks forward to their performance at the Bohemian, mainly because the venue offered them dinner when they booked the show. This offer is the sign of a good venue because it means they understand the rigors of traveling, she said.

“After dinner it’s all about water and vocal warm-ups,” Parrott said, “Then we put on our matching outfits. We’ve done Kiss night, nerd night, and green night before. It’s more colorful and we like to look good together on stage.”