Local tree-gazers Birds of America play their first San Francisco show in more than a year, an interminable break for those who have grown attached to the band's sleepy melodies and oceanic instrumental passages. The band is mostly the province of artist/designer/rad blogger Nathaniel Russell, and this special performance at the Climate Theater reunites the guitarist/vocalist with frequent collaborator Sam Flax Keener and a sympathetic rhythm section. Russell's simple campfire melodies open up to swirling textures ideally suited to deep headphone listening; thankfully, he promises to drop a follow-up to his 2005 grower, Current Carry, within the year.