Kevin Bronson on February 10th, 2016

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Andrew Bird’s new album “Are You Serious” won’t be out until April 1, but a sold-out crowd at the Teragram Ballroom on Tuesday got a full preview. Bird and his band, which included album contributor Blake Mills, played it in its entirety, along with a handful of other songs. The show had its rough edges — the band had a few hiccups and false starts — but overall the new songs, especially “Capsized” and “Chemical Switches” (among the songs he had played on previous visits to L.A.), were enthusiastically received.

Rodrigo Amarante opened the night with a magnetic solo performance.

Bird has scheduled two L.A. shows after the album release, May 14 and May 15 at the Theatre at Ace Hotel.

Photos by David Benjamin