When a band loses its singer, it usually faces a steep climb back to previous heights or simply fizzles out and gives up. State College-based Table Ten did just the opposite.

The band, which consolidated from a four-member group to a three-piece after the lead singer graduated last spring, has seen even more interest since the change.

Table Ten's latest stint is a weekly gig at 10:30 every Wednesday night at Bar Bleu, 114 S. Garner St., making the venue the fourth the group performs at weekly. It's quite an achievement for a band that had a shaky future just four months ago.

Already featured at Café 210 West, The Phyrst and The Darkhorse Tavern, the group's building momentum helped land them another gig at Bar Bleu's vacant Wednesday spot, after organizers sent the band an invitation through Twitter.

"We liked what we heard," said Jennifer Zangrilli, director of operations for Dante's Restaurants Inc., the company that owns Bar Bleu. "They had a lot of talent which could still be developed and a very unique band setup."

That setup -- acoustic guitars and bongo percussion -- is part of what the members say sets them apart.

The group plays a wide variety of covers, adapting other genres to their style and giving them a personal twist.

The group occasionally covers multiple songs simultaneously, layering and switching back and forth in a culmination lead guitarist and singer Josh Corcoran describes as "sort of like a mash-up."

One such live band mash-up features music from artists as different as Coldplay, T.I. and The Cranberries.

"Our generation is able to get music online, so we don't have to spend all of our money on one type of music, and as such, we have exposure to all sorts of styles," Corcoran said. "Our band is sort of reflective of that."

When it was time for original singer Zach McCue to move on, the band searched for a replacement. But members quickly determined they were better off taking over themselves, Corcoran said.

"It was something that was always on our minds before he graduated," Corcoran said. "We didn't know who would sing, but we knew we'd still play together as Table Ten."

The group is currently recording their first six-song CD of original material and plans on branching out even further once they complete it, Corcoran said.