Loaded for Bear are brimming with theatricality, presenting themselves like a shadowy back-alley band at a slurred, drunken carnival of ill intent. Their songs are moody pieces of work, propelled by haunted piano lines and stuttering drum beats. The vocals call forth from the hazy din, gruff and tired, occasionally drowning in the fluttering reverb of the guitars. I haven't been to Le Voyeur in a while, but I remember it as a concrete cave, stained with graffiti and the smell of Pabst Blue Ribbon. This may be the perfect place to experience Loaded for Bear - the closed-in concrete surroundings bouncing layers of sound in and around and through your ears. It'll rattle your bones and churn your insides into a visceral ice cream. In a good way, if one exists.
[Le Voyeur, with To The Sea, 10 p.m., no cover, 404 E Fourth Ave., Olympia, 360.943.5710]
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