White Birds will be making their official debut tonight at Kung Fu Necktie. Former members of Drink Up Buttercup, James Harvey, Farzad Houshiarnejad, and Mike Cammarata have left behind the thrashing trashcans and carnival-esque theatrics for a much more somber, prettier sound. It seems that the aggressive operatic wails of Harvey’s classically trained voice have matured finding more solace in breezy harmonies. With their musical preferences generally rooted in the classics, you may discover that the new tunes have more similarities to genteel works by Simon & Garfunkel and laidback West Coast 60’s pop than the rowdy psychedelic escapades of White Album-era Beatles (which is a nice change for this listener but that is coming from someone who has been hearing most of the same DUB material live for years long before the songs finally made it on to their Yep Roc release). Expect the release of a new self-titled full-length album to come out this year, and fall in love all over again this evening when White Birds open for Archers of Loaf front man Eric Bachman’s Crooked Fingers. Kung Fu Necktie, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 8pm, $12 adv/$14 door, 21+ – Q.D. Tran