Alt-country folks Drunken Prayer hit upon an eclectic and winning formula for Into the Missionfield. Led by North Carolina–to–Oregon singer/songwriter Morgan Geer, the group sways from straightforward acoustic folk through mild country-rock (check out the Wilco-fired "Balloons") and sunny pop ("Maryjane") to a moment during "The Missionfield" where Geer seems to be channeling Jackson Browne. A goofy sense of humor keeps things from getting too precious. "Brazil" opens as a jokey love song that sets up a variety of implausible scenarios. "I Saw It with My Open Two Eyes" and "You Walk" capture the bewildered innocence of Jonathan Richman. The band turns up the electric guitars for the traditional folk tune "Ain't No Grave" (best known by Johnny Cash) and recalls the charged electric attack of The Beatles' White Album with "Never Tends to Forget."