Dan Fisk is hard to pin down. On one hand, his crisp, but not overproduced, debut solo EP “Bruises from the Backseat,” is satellite radio-friendly (think The Coffee House). But within the course of this 6-track album, he shifts stylistically from late 90s / early 00s singer-songwriterdom to timeless country to acoustic funk and back again.

Fisk’s website references “comparisons to fellow Virginia natives Dave Matthews, Jason Mraz, and Pat McGee.” The Virginia may be right, but I hear more of Carbon Leaf’s Barry Privett in “Part of You,” and V-Roys era Scott Miller in “Little Things” and “Life and Limb.”

The one cover on the EP, Paul Simon’s “Stranded in a Limousine,” is grittier than the original and well executed. Fisk clearly has a knack for surrounding himself with talented local musicians. Ted Garber’s soulful harmonica solo on the Simon cover is an instrumental highlight, as is the Katie Chambers cello performance on the album’s final track (a reworking of Part of You).

So Dan Fisk’s sound may not neatly fit into one genre, but that’s clearly a strength. You can catch Dan at several venues in the DC area in July.