I'm not precisely sure what precipitated the members of Havania Whaal to plug in that mandolin and feed it through layers of distortion, but it's working for them. Describing themselves as "twee-gaze," Havania Whaal definitely benefit from the winsome levity that their fuzzed-out mandolin brings to the frothy garage pop. The bleary vocals blend into the onslaught of driving instrumentation. The Portland trio, for as bright as the reverb-drenched vocals can get, don't tend to back down from the rougher edges of the garage. At times, they even lean into the harder stuff and keep the pummeling constant for three minutes of an eardrum-challenging blitz. Even if I hadn't seen their beer-soaked video for their single, "Foine," it would've been perfectly clear that Havania Whaal were made to soundtrack your wasted house party and your even drunker next-day cleanup.

HAVANIA WHAAL, w/ Full Moon Radio, Fruit Juice, 10 p.m., Le Voyeur, 404 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, no cover, 360.943.5710