Kevin Bronson on December 15th, 2017

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As they did in September at two intimate warm-up shows in Los Angeles, veteran indie-rockers Grizzly Bear proved masters of nuance on Thursday night at the Wiltern. It was their second sold-out show in as many nights in support of their fifth album (and first in five years), “Painted Ruins,” and the band received a warm welcome.

In front of a color-shifting backdrop made to look like papier-mâché curtains, Ed Droste and crew played six songs from the new album, mixing in popular older cuts such as “Two Weeks,” “Yet Again,” “Foreground,” “Knife,” and “On a Neck, On a Spit.” They encored with “Shift” from their 2004 debut “Horn of Plenty” and then “Sun in Your Eyes,” from 2012’s “Shields.”

Experimental R&B artist Serpentwithfeet, who just signed to the Secretly Canadian label and released a collaboration with Bjork, opened the night.

Photos by Jazz Shademan