Bells Bells Bells

Sat., Jan. 30, 9 p.m., $7, with Frisky or Trusty and Party Photographers, Tritone, 1508 South St., 215-545-0475, tritonebar.com.

by M.J. Fine

rock/pop

"A Ghost Could Live Here," the title track of Bells Bells Bells' third album, has plenty of nooks for a haint to hide. One-time opera student Amandah Romick's voice swoops like a bat through the creaky mansion of sound built by Kevin Fassett's mood-swing guitar textures, Kat Paffett's eerie piano and Nick Kendus' muted martial drums. Elsewhere, the Philly band conjures moods most familiar to fans of Black Sabbath, Slumber Party and Edgar Allan Poe. Their touch can be as turbulent as a summer monsoon, as on "August Is a Month," or wearier than an anchored soul, like the fingerpicked guts of "Housekeeping by the Lake," which was inspired by Marilynne Robinson's 1980 novel Housekeeping. If you're afraid of the dark and can't bear to face a ghost alone, you can look for a hand to hold at Saturday's record release show. Just make sure it's attached to someone you can see.

Sat., Jan. 30, 9 p.m., $7, with Frisky or Trusty and Party Photographers, Tritone, 1508 South St., 215-545-0475, tritonebar.com.