The Spirit of the Beehive’s new EP You Are Arrived (But You’ve Been Cheated) is currently streaming via the A.V. Club, and is available for pre-order via both Ice Age and Ranch. Take a listen and sink deeper into that alluring dark haze. You can also catch the band live when its summer tour with Amanda X hits PhilaMOCA on Friday, July 25 as part of OK Fest.

The Spirit of the Beehive nestle you in juxtaposing sonic environments. There’s that undeniable soft-spoken vocals, which drift through a shoegazing haze that is eerily comforting, while allowing you to sink deeper within the haunted setting. However, an explosive high energy lies in wait, capable of transforming that soothing darkness into a heavier grunge-oriented scenario, and somewhere in between lies songs that have taken on an odd yet enveloping status, creeping into your head and setting up shop. With You Are Arrived (But You’ve Been Cheated), the follow-up to their self-titled debut on the way, The Spirit of the Beehive occupy the opening slot between laying the groundwork for Suburban Living, who dishes out personal penetrating lyrics while harnessing an on the move infectious musicality that on this night paves the way to the gritty melodics of Swirlies. (Below is the new music video for their latest single "World Access," which was filmed by Federico R. Casanova and edited by David Milstein.) Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., $14, 9pm, 21+ - Michael Colavita

The Spirit of the Beehive // World Access (official video)

This new music video for The Spirit of the Beehive’s “I Smell Bud”, found on the group's self-titled debut, visualizes the haze of the track while demonstrating brief snippets of a budding DIY community. Thus, the song filters through your head and offers a glimpse at where it comes from. The band performs as part of a bill that also includes Japanese Breakfast, Eskimeaux, and Blowdryer on Friday, March 20 at Great Indoors.

The Spirit of the Beehive // I Smell Bud (official video) from Federico R. Casanova

After releasing their debut tracks via Ranch Records, local four-piece Dogs on Acid (featuring Peter Helmis, Joe Reinhart and Nick Tazza formerly of Algernon Cadwallader as well as Nate Dionne of Snowing) recently shared “Flushed,” which is one half of their forthcoming 7” via Asian Man Records. The song's tumbling melodic momentum makes it a natural stuck-in-your-head rocker that leaves you wanting more. They'll be headlining Boot & Saddle this evening, which will be their second show in Philly this week, and if you didn't make it to the First Unitarian Church on Monday or did and just couldn't get enough of Dogs on Acid, well, here's your opportunity to check them out in one of the best sounding rooms in Philly. They'll be joined by The Spirit of the Beehive, who play a range of highs and lows finding an unexpected middle ground between soothing hypnotic astral dream-pop and a denser, shoegazing atmosphere, filled with ever volatile stormy instrumentation that lies in waiting. The group's musical outlook inhabits darkly clouded sonic terrain. In its intermediate lighter moments, the clouds soften revealing transitions of calm; however, behind that ray of light lies a persistent unforgiving torrential roar. Whether one prefers the calm or the storm, it’s easy to get sucked in. Also along for the ride are relative pop-punk newcomers Quit, who open a night full of intrigue that promises to catapult you toward the weekend. Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St., 8pm, $8, 21+ - Michael Colavita