With a recent album release, live concert performances, Internet variety shows and a dream of opening an amusement park, Tally Hall calls itself “less a band than an idea.”

The band’s wide-ranging backgrounds, sources of inspiration and personal tastes culminate to create an eclectic sound that, although many bands make the same claim, truly cannot be placed in the confines of one, two, or even three genres.

“On our first album … we would just write whatever and not put any genre limits,” said Andrew Horowitz, who handles keyboards and vocals for the band. “We are definitely influenced by a lot of things. … We have diverse listening backgrounds, from classical music and jazz to musicals and classic rock.”

On Saturday, the members of Tally Hall will exhibit their talent as entertainers, artists, performers, rappers and dreamers in a show at Velour Live Music Gallery in Provo.

Tally Hall did not always have such big goals in the entertainment industry, however.

It was just four years ago that the five members of the band were graduating from the University of Michigan, with plans of medical school and other academic pursuits.

But the sold-out concerts, successful music videos and Internet popularity could not be ignored. The members of Tally Hall decided to postpone their original plans, to instead pursue a career in the music industry.

“When we started off, we didn’t foresee a future in music,” Horowitz said. “It was just a bunch of guys playing at parties.”

But with a recent big-label deal with Atlantic records — the label for such bands as Death Cab For Cutie and Matchbox Twenty, not to mention popular rappers T.I. and Yung Joc — the future is looking bright for Tally Hall.

“We took it step by step and set some goals, saying, ‘If we’re at this point at this time, we’ll continue doing this,’ ” Horowitz said. “Now, we have a long-term record deal and we’re able to make a living doing this, so we’re definitely going to keep it going.”

In doing so, the band recently recorded “Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum,” an album inspired by an antique shop located in a now shut-down strip mall, from which Tally Hall got its name.

The four band members, who grew up in the same Detroit suburb, all went to the museum when they were younger and remember the intrigue of the spot.

Horowitz described the museum as “an arcade with a lot of odd machines,” and his band mate, vocalist and guitarist Joe Hawley, has similar memories.

“It was a very bizarre place,” Hawley said. “There were unique, one-of-a-kind food stands, weird ma-and-pop places, and a guy named Marvin with his strange antiques.”

This hodgepodge environment is reflected in the sometimes techno, sometimes hip-hop, sometimes Broadway musical sounds of Tally Hall.

“[The album] ‘Marvin’s’ is kind of a grab bag like Marvin’s [the museum] itself,” Hawley said. “Some of the songs are kid-friendly, and some are more dark and almost violent, like the items at the store.”

Tally Hall’s wide-spreading musical genres allow it to cater each show to the particular crowd, playing more youthful, energetic songs like “Welcome to Tally Hall” and “Good Day,” or more refined, folksy songs like “Be Born.”

“Our songs are just a form of self-expression for us as individuals,” Hawley said. “Hopefully our songs reflect some truth.”