For most people, the workweek does not rouse feelings of joy and excitement. We dread the workweek; we avoid it at all costs, but when it comes to the musical innovations of The Workweek, it’s a completely different story.

As described on its MySpace, The Workweek is a rock/soul/folk band out of Norman. Vocalist Carly Gwin has her own definition of the band’s music.

“Now we know because we looked it up — Americana ... just rock and roll,” Gwin said. “We listened to a lot of The Beatles.”

The Workweek consists of Carly Gwin, guitar and vocals; Ricky Salthouse, guitar and vocals; Jason Salthouse, drums; and Rick Dean, bass. All Oklahoma natives, the members of The Workweek have been together for about a year.

The band began when Ricky Salthouse was living in Lawrence, Kan. and began to write songs.

“It was just gonna be my thing, but then I came to Norman and joined with Carly’s band Sharktooth,” Salthouse said.

The Workweek derives its inspiration from a number of different and unlikely sources. Besides listening to The Beatles and Tom Petty, drummer Salthouse used to play in a metal band and bassist Dean is a soul and R&B disc jockey.

“It just depends on the day what we sound like,” Gwin said. “We have some old country tendencies in our music, but now we’re moving to more rock.”

Gwin’s voice is reminiscent of a folksier Norah Jones and also, according to fans, Chan Marshall of Cat Power. As a whole, the band possesses a certain quality of simple brilliance suggestive of bands such as The Old Believers and even Wilco.

Overall, the members of the band just want to make a living with their music.

“We just want somebody to pay us to do what we like,” Gwin said. “I just wanna quit my day job.”

Ironically, their lack of a workweek is what inspired the name of the band.

“I’m a bartender, Rick’s a baker, Ricky washes dishes and Jason is unemployed so none of us really have a workweek at all,” Gwin said.

Although The Workweek does not yet have an album out, it is currently recording its first at Blackwatch Studios in Norman, but its Facebook and MySpace already have songs uploaded on them.

The Workweek will play at 9 Saturday night at Opolis.

Live at Opolis

What: The Workweek with Royal Forest, Jeff Richardson

For Fans Of: She & Him, Cat Power

When: 9 p.m. Saturday

Where: Opolis, 113 N. Crawford, Norman

Cost: $5