Maita returns to Central Oregon for a show Monday on The lawn at The Suttle Lodge west of Sisters.

Back in March, Portland folk-rockers Maita played Bend’s Volcanic Theatre Pub and we here at GO! told you that the band won Portland alt-weekly Willamette Week’s annual Best New Band poll in 2020.

Being voted the best new band in Portland means something. There are a lot of good bands over there, and new ones every year.

Anyway, if you missed ‘em — or you saw ‘em and you know you ought to do so again — Maita is playing The Suttle Lodge’s “Big Lawn” summer concert series, which should provide a lovely backdrop to the band’s songs, which are sometimes punky, sometimes smoldering and always compelling and relatable.

Maita: Free, 6-8 p.m. Monday, The Suttle Lodge, 13300 U.S. Highway 20, thesuttlelodge.com.