It’s a problem that many bands struggle with. How does a band create a record that will appeal to today’s audience, but will also transcend its time?

Los Angeles rock band Everybody Else has accomplished this through its belief that a band should create melodies and lyrics that stand out in peoples’ minds for many years. With a self-titled record recently released by the Orange County record label The Militia Group, the band has proved that music should be memorable rather than just fit in with current music trends.

The band’s lead singer, songwriter and guitarist, Carrick Moore Gerety, said that oftentimes bands that write good songs do not receive the same recognition as bands that have a “cool” style, but write mediocre songs.

“There’s definitely a stigma attached to well-crafted, melodic songs nowadays. The bands that the ‘indie snobs’ really, really love, and I’m not going to name any names, but there are bands that are all hype and no substance, and I feel like there aren’t very many of those where I could really remember a single melody that they wrote, it’s just sort of a general sound,” Gerety said.

Gerety and drummer Mikey McCormack started the band after each moved to L.A. from the East Coast to pursue careers in music. Later joined by bass player Austin Williams, the group self-released its album more than a year ago, but it lacked the marketing and distribution needed to get the record to a large audience.

Rory Felton, 25, the owner and founder of The Militia Group, signed the band after seeing the band at a show. He said that Everybody Else is one of the most exciting bands that he has ever worked with. And that’s saying a lot. The Militia Group has released 55 records from 33 bands.

Influenced by everything from The Clash, Outkast, The Rascals and Stevie Wonder, Everybody Else does not subscribe to the idea that songs that are catchy and melodic cannot also be meaningful.

“At the end of the day they write huge pop songs, but it’s in the ’60s kind of cool laid back vibe, and it’s not like Britney Spears type songs. They’re just great songs that will stand the test of time,” Felton said.

“I feel like they’re songs that you could listen to now, or you could have listened to 30 years ago, or listen to 30 years from now. They’re not just going to come and go in a time period. They’ll transcend,” he said.

On its current month long tour, Everybody Else will be playing with Self Against City, Over It and The Higher.

McCormack said one of the main reasons why its shows are memorable to not only the audience, but also to the band, is the energy present in the audience.

“Everyone there is rad, and they’re there to have a good time. The shows that we strive for and the shows that we think are rad are the ones where the whole room is dancing,” McCormack said.

Felton said that Gerety is one of the best front men he has ever seen, and that the band’s performances stand out because the band nails every live song.

“Everyone in the band can perform fantastically. I feel like I’ve seen them quite a few times and never seen a bad show,” Felton said.

From its record, to its live show, Everybody Else would like to be known as not just a pop band, but as a band that writes melodies and lyrics that are memorable, and songs that stick in a person’s head.

“As far as we’re concerned, the bands that we like are the ones that have had consistently good songs for many, many years and have had hits on the radio and we don’t see that as a bad thing,” Gerety said.

Everybody Else will be playing at Chain Reaction in Anaheim Friday with Over it and Self Against City.