Singer-songwriter Michele Zaccone and drummer/keyboardist J.B. Lamont of the band Tethered are tied together by a host of similarities. They were born on the same day three years apart, they are Geminis, and they have both been burned; Mr. Lamont by the music business, Ms. Zaccone by love.

On Saturday, July 30, Tethered, which also includes Tyler Vunk on bass, and Dino Ferreri on electric guitar, will hold a party at the Louisa Gould Gallery in Vineyard Haven for the release of their first CD entitled Music Street. Ms. Zaccone recently relocated to Boston but for years lived on Music street in West Tisbury.

While this is the first album Mr. Lamont and Ms. Zaccone have created together, both have released albums before. Mr. Lamont has collaborated with Red Hot Chili Peppers member Chad Smith and Simon Kirk of Bad Company and Free, while Ms. Zaccone has a close friendship with the lead singer of King X.

“I was pursuing this as a solo project originally,” said Ms. Zaccone in a recent interview with the Gazette. But that was before she met Mr. Lamont while working at Zephrus in Vineyard Haven. There was an immediate connection.

“He got my vision,” Ms. Zaccone said. Mr. Lamont concurred. “We’re the same person.”

Ms. Zaccone’s lyrics are intricate, thoughtful, and frequently emotional. The songs are largely about relationships and recall Alanis Morissette’s debut CD, Jagged Little Pill. After marrying “too young” she found her independence and freedom through music. Her songs are soulful and real.

Mr. Lamont’s influences are disparate. Unfazed by what is considered cool, he looks to legendary rockers such as Van Halen, Metallica, and the Stone Temple Pilots along with the more contemporary influences of Nickelback, Saving Abel and Daughtry. He also leans toward Rage Against the Machine, but detests the recent influx of “Autotuned crap.”

To this reporter’s ears, the pinnacle of the album is the song Fade. Here Ms. Zaccone breaks through the cage of a doomed relationship to seek transcendence in music. She sings about feeling “lifted off the ground.” The opposite of woozy posturing, this declaration of freedom is earned and moving. Ms. Zaccone’s talent for poetics shines through.

“The song is about longing to get out, but not knowing how to escape,” she explained. “There are places that you want to leave, and it’s hard because they’re comfortable but it’s harmful.”

The album was recorded over a two year period on the Vineyard. In addition to playing the drums and keyboards, Mr. Lamont produced, engineered, and mixed Music Street by himself.

While studying communications at the University of Hartford, Mr. Lamont had a progressive rock band called Morgan Mason that was being courted by RCA Records. But then the lead singer abruptly abandoned the band on some ill-fated advice to pursue a solo career in New York city. Twenty years later Mr. Lamont admits to still wondering sometimes about what might have been. For some, thoughts such as those could be mere nostalgia or sour grapes. But for Mr. Lamont and Ms. Zaccone looking closely at every aspect of life’s journey, both the disappointing and the transformative, is essential to creating songs that matter.

Tethered’s CD release party is on Saturday, July 30, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Louisa Gould Gallery located at 54 Main street in Vineyard Haven. The evening will include a live acoustic set plus refreshments and nibbles. For details, call 508-693-7373 or visit tetheredband.com.