The Lowest PairCourtesy Sarah Cass

There’s something about a couple of voices and a couple of banjos that, when wielded by a couple of able voice-and-banjo-wielders, can seem to blend into one living, breathing organism.

I didn’t really know this — or at least hadn’t really thought about it much — until I listened to The Lowest Pair’s fine new album “36¢,” which came out in January on Team Love Records. But it makes sense. The banjo’s sound is such a simple, stark thing, there isn’t a lot of extracurricular noise to get in between a couple of ‘em bonding. And we all know what two complementary voices can do.

The Lowest Pair is, indeed a pair: Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee. They’re based out of Olympia, Wash., with ties to the Twin Cities of Minnesota, two northern regions that, for whatever reason, seem to befit the band’s beautifully downcast music. Both Winter and Lee are solid pickers, and they smartly don’t muck up “36¢” with a bunch of non-banjos, choosing instead to let their chosen instruments dance around one another in plenty of open space. And they modestly sing their melodic tunes as if they’re sitting in your living room, playing songs of love and loss and life just for you. They sound perfectly in tune with one another as they do so, too.

The Lowest Pair will bring their record-release tour to The Belfry in Sisters tonight, where they’ll be joined by The Dead Pigeons, another banjo-powered Minnesota band with a new album coming out very soon.

The Lowest Pair, with The Dead Pigeons; 8 tonight, doors open 7 p.m.; $8 plus fees in advance at www.bendticket.com, $10 at the door; The Belfry, 302 E. Main Ave., Sisters; www.belfryevents.com or 541-815-9122.

— Ben Salmon