Two hundred eighteen years ago, Ben Franklin first wrote the famous words: “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” he said.

To the nine-to-fivers of the Boston-based band Taxpayer, Franklin got it right. Drawing on what drummer (and 2001 Boston University College of Communication alum) Rob Adams calls “the mundane, everyday activities that take up most of one’s time and the want to break free of that”, the band chose the name “Taxpayer”.

“[Its connotation] provides some sort of bridge between band and audience,” he said.

Guitarist and frontman Jay Marsh raises his hand and admits he is an accountant by day.

Adams is a graphic designer; and guitarist Michael Jones and bassist Tim Peters are in sales.

When they aren’t working for the Man, the band are working the Boston music scene — albeit with the maturity that comes with age and a real job.

“We’ve realized that we can’t just get in a van, drive across the country and say, ‘Let’s just play shows and break up with our girlfriends,'” Marsh says. “We can keep our jobs, our girlfriends and still play.”

Their sound blends the instrumental style of the Killers with vocal stylings a la Franz Ferdinand. But even though the foursome hails from Massachusetts, the boys don’t have a specific “Boston” sound.

“There are just so many different sounds in Boston,” Jones says.

Headlining on Saturday at the Middle East in Cambridge, Taxpayer combined its sound with another of Boston — that of fellow local band The Everyday Visuals, who joined them onstage.

When Jones lost power to his guitar at one point, the rest of the guys played an intro long enough to shame Pink Floyd.

And Marsh sang, danced and played guitar with a broken heel (his advice: perfect your timing before jumping from a rope swing). “You’ll see me on stage always on my toes,” Marsh says. “But I’ve gotten pretty good at it.” Sure enough, Marsh took the stage as if he were wearing high heels.

When the twenty-somethings aren’t jumping from rope swings, they’re working on new tunes and perfecting some oldies.

Taxpayer recently released a split EP with Dear Leader. “The split album came out because we didn’t want people to have to wait,” Peters says. “Now, people don’t want records. They want songs.”

The quartet is working on a new record, but taking their time.