Athens, Ga., band The Winter Sounds are beyond slick, as recorded. Layers and layers of churchly harmonies, chiming guitars and driving rhythms, dominate the band's songs. It's all a little too sterile for my taste. But when you get up close and personal to see the band live, they allow themselves to show their seams. The songs get a little nervier, those background hints of post-punk move to center stage, and those layers and layers of harmonies are cut back to just two men singing as loud as they can. Like most things, when The Winter Sounds are reduced, they get noticeably stronger. Seeing them live at Le Voyeur, in that concrete cave, is only bound to crank up the cacophony.

[Le Voyeur, with Parachute Musical, Ron Hexagon, 10 p.m., no cover, 404 Fourth Ave. East, Olympia, 360.943.5710]