Curtains for You, The Pica Beats, and Tomten play Neumo’s tonight. Doors at 8pm, show at 9. Tickets, $8 advance, $10 at the door.

Headlining at Neumo’s has always been a Holy Grail for Seattle bands, so the fact that Curtains for You are anchoring a slot there tonight is kind of a big deal. The Capitol Hill venue’s been an inestimable buzz club for years, solidly drawing hot national acts while always keeping a prescient finger on the local scene’s pulse. When a local combo headlines Neumo’s, so the local parlance goes, they’ve arrived.

The gig’s a great validation for one of this ‘burg’s hardest-working (and best) bands. For the rest of us, it’s a thrilling opportunity to catch Curtains for You once more holding their own. At risk of thumping a tub I’ve pounded a lot in the last two years, you won’t see pure pop delivered in a live setting with a more perfect synthesis of peerless harmonizing, swoon-worthy melodies, and kick-in-the-pants energy.

They’ll likely be trying out some new material this evening, and if this all-around awesome number penned by keyboardist Peter Fedofsky is any indicator, the creative streak that began with 2009’s What a Lovely Surprise to See You Here and continued with last year’s After Nights Without Sleep continues unabated.

The bill’s bolstered by two other great local bands, so (repeat after me…) get there early. Tomten richly ply many of the same influences as the headliners (Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys, Beatles, Zombies), with a stirring of Morrissey-esque baritone bittersweetness. And Pica Beats sound like Interpol’s Paul Banks reconciling vintage pop sounds with here-and-now indie sensibilities. In non-music-geek-speak, that means it’s all good.