Catch Bearsnail on October 15 at the Meadowlark

Kyle Harris has lived all over this country and seen the ups and downs of personal, professional and political life. But instead of cultivating a world-weary sound, Harris, who makes music under the name Bearsnail (due at the Meadowlark on Saturday, October 15), seems to have found a certain appreciation for the vitality of life and simple pleasures that you’ll lose sight of if you’re in too much of a hurry for the next big thing. With songs informed by folky pop, campfire sing-alongs and “acoustic punk” in the vein of Drinking Gourd and the Fainting Fansies, Harris’s debut album, Imperfect Goodbyes, is full of kids’ songs for adults. Even when they’re about life’s dark moments, Bearsnail’s tunes bear an innocent, expansive spirit.