SCARBOROUGH – In support of the release of its first album, “Low Expectations,” Boston’s Ernie and the Automatics will play an acoustic in-store set at Bull Moose at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. The show is free. Band members will be available to sign copies of their new CD.

Founded by guitarist Ernie Boch Jr. and two of the original members of the ’70s/’80s-era multiplatinum-selling rock band Boston, Ernie and the Automatics has sold more than 30 million records worldwide.

The six-piece blues/rock act has shared the stage and opened for such notables as B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Kenney Wayne Shepherd and the J. Geils Band.

Ernie and the Automatics is set to release “Low Expectations” on Feb. 17. Bull Moose is at 456 Payne Road. For more information, log on to www.ernieandtheautomatics.com or www.myspace.com/ernieandtheautomatics.