Lunch Money

Fans of Elizabeth Mitchell, get out your wallets. Parents are going quietly nuts for Lunch Money, whose delicately dressed songs waltz along, gaily repurposing Belle and Sebastian-style indie pop for a younger set. The lyrics are innocent and honest, sticking to the basics -- trains, dogs, tricycles -- while Molly Ledford's voice smiles through every song. If you want to get your kid started on a diet of intelligent alternative pop, here's the cooking pot and what you put in it.