Precocious pop duo The Heirs aiming for the top

Bushy-tailed and doe-eyed, full of enthusiasm and brimming with energy, brother and sister Brandon and Savannah Hudson are focused and determined. They have a message and a voice, a vision and a goal. They aim to be the musical representative of a generation and yet create music that transcends age demographics. They’ve accumulated a breadth of influences and refuse to be confined by industry standards. Oh, and they’re 17 and 15.

“People didn’t really know what to expect. They thought they were getting into kiddie pop,” Brandon said. “Now that we’re older, I think we’re being taken more seriously.”

Older, meaning two or three years older than the Hudsons were when they first became serious about their career. Despite having to forage their way into the music scene (they had a couple of aunts and uncles who sang in the church choir, but no other direct influences), the brother-sister duo began singing at the ages of 5- and 7-years-old and writing songs together as early as junior high school.

When Brandon and Savannah decided that they wanted to realize their potential, then 15- and 13-years-old respectively, the Hudson family packed up their lives and made the transition from Florida to Los Angeles to give the band a proper chance to thrive.

“I think we were born knowing we weren’t going to have a normal life because [music] is what we love to do, but the fact that it’s all happening before our eyes is insane,” Savannah said. “A lot of people have dreams, but they’re just dreams. The fact that we’re pursuing ours is amazing.”

Brandon and Savannah have since toured Europe and the United States as The Heirs, accumulating fans and collecting inspiration for their first EP, produced by the same names that have worked with Beck, Sheryl Crow and Icona Pop.

Though their music screams indie-electro pop, the influences that have helped cultivate their sound are varied. The two listen to everything from hip hop to classic rock, 1980s pop to acoustic, but cite Fleetwood Mac and The Killers as important in helping instill an emphasis on vocal harmony from the former and the synth-rock band fusion from the latter.

“I think our intentions are always to think outside the box,” Brandon said. “We wanted to create something that was a blend of everything we like, everything we listened to but something that was different from what you’d usually hear. That’s what our music is about.”

The band itself stands for something much more ambitious. Its title, which has become emblematic for their message and reflective of their identity, came from a dream. Brandon unconsciously conjured an alternate world ruled by teenagers, one in which the youth controlled everything, made political decisions and were accountable for their future.

“I interpreted that as we are all The Heirs. We are all next in line for what comes next in life. We’re going to inherit everything that our previous generations have left behind for us,” Brandon said.

The “we” to whom he refers is all-inclusive; the siblings are adamant that there is no barrier between them and their fans and that they — the band and fans — collectively form The Heirs.

“It’s very political. The world is run by adults and we kind of felt looked down upon in a way, so with The Heirs concept, we wanted to show that we have just as much of a say as anyone else,” Brandon said. “It’s all about speaking out and having a voice, and that’s something we want to share with everyone.”

Both Brandon and Savannah speak with maturity and an air of confidence and assuredness that’s uncommon for young artists their age. They operate under the same vision, with the same goals and with such synchronization that they seem more like twins than siblings two years apart. They strive to create something that transcends their obvious demographic and defies the preconceptions that the larger world might have about them due to their age.

“Our biggest goal was to make music that was ageless so no matter how old we are and no matter what the situation is, our music can be identified with many other groups instead of judged just by our age,” Brandon said.

The duo describes themselves as writers and observers who are inspired by the behavior of their peers at parties, by the streets of Los Angeles, by the people they meet and the places they see while they travel on tour. In the studio, they might play a movie without sound and jot down thoughts they have, absorbing only the visual. More often than not, they’re inundated with a range of inspiration that stimulates ideas and concepts that they might not have experienced directly, but still triggers an emotional response.

The band dropped its first single from their debut EP, “Alright Goodnight,” a thumping, synth-saturated pop tune with layered instrumentation and alternating vocals that sounds upbeat on the surface but alludes to a deeper, heavier message and the first that they’ll make to the world after their first official EP release. It’s the first of a lot of material that The Heirs are anxious to release and share with their fans.

“We’re ready. We’re just waiting,” Savannah said. “We’re just waiting for the world to be ready.”

The Heirs are slated to release their first EP, “Introducing The Heirs,” in early 2015.