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Torchbearers of the Southern California band sound, Local Natives first drew attention in 2009 when their debut album, <a href="spotify:album:2cIpJDijNEoHv88jJKwDID" data-name="Gorilla Manor">Gorilla Manor</a>, grabbed fans with its vibrant mix of kinetic, complex rhythms and soaring harmonies. The album drew praise for its enthusiastic balance of post-punk urgency & evocative lyricism. In 2013, the group expanded upon that sound, exploring a darker, introspective aesthetic on their follow-up, <a href="spotify:album:1Zmq4tEgCSyTkud2ahysrq" data-name="Hummingbird">Hummingbird</a> (produced by <a href="spotify:artist:2hSyEBc9TBb9j38FOCdkIf" data-name="Aaron Dessner">Aaron Dessner</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:2cCUtGK9sDU2EoElnk0GNB" data-name="The National">The National</a>). Their third LP, <a href="spotify:album:2qiPY1CqHGexT4yWrQ5uX0" data-name="Sunlit Youth">Sunlit Youth</a>, arrived in the summer of 2016. Its globe trotting writing process found the group experimenting with production techniques & expanding their palette of instruments.
The classic studio setting is juxtaposed on their fourth full-length, <a href="spotify:album:0ORZb7kyr8aaP2LpL3mhuY" data-name="Violet Street">Violet Street</a> with modern production & visuals to form a timeless album. The band’s signature soaring 3-part harmonies are augmented by loops of tape, physically spliced & transformed by hand, the result of experimenting in the studio with producer Shawn Everett (<a href="spotify:artist:16GcWuvvybAoaHr0NqT8Eh" data-name="Alabama Shakes">Alabama Shakes</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:70kkdajctXSbqSMJbQO424" data-name="Kacey Musgraves">Kacey Musgraves</a>). “<a href="spotify:track:5wCVLW9qMtIY9IkBeyYnh6" data-name="When Am I Gonna Lose You">When Am I Gonna Lose You</a>,” whose cinematic video starred Kate Mara & cracked the Top 10 on Billboard’s Alternative charts. After a period of personal turmoil, the band recorded their fifth & sixth studio albums, 2023's <a href="spotify:album:26sOnKsHrZqqo9agigUH4y" data-name="Time Will Wait For No One">Time Will Wait For No One</a> and 2024's <a href="spotify:album:7xf10YYeWq7g1sdqCD36Qv" data-name="But I'll Wait For You">But I'll Wait For You</a>, concurrently. Following their release, Kelcey Ayer announced his amicable departure from the band.
Local Natives are Nik Ewing, Matthew Frazier, Ryan Hahn & Taylor Rice.
The classic studio setting is juxtaposed on their fourth full-length, <a href="spotify:album:0ORZb7kyr8aaP2LpL3mhuY" data-name="Violet Street">Violet Street</a> with modern production & visuals to form a timeless album. The band’s signature soaring 3-part harmonies are augmented by loops of tape, physically spliced & transformed by hand, the result of experimenting in the studio with producer Shawn Everett (<a href="spotify:artist:16GcWuvvybAoaHr0NqT8Eh" data-name="Alabama Shakes">Alabama Shakes</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:70kkdajctXSbqSMJbQO424" data-name="Kacey Musgraves">Kacey Musgraves</a>). “<a href="spotify:track:5wCVLW9qMtIY9IkBeyYnh6" data-name="When Am I Gonna Lose You">When Am I Gonna Lose You</a>,” whose cinematic video starred Kate Mara & cracked the Top 10 on Billboard’s Alternative charts. After a period of personal turmoil, the band recorded their fifth & sixth studio albums, 2023's <a href="spotify:album:26sOnKsHrZqqo9agigUH4y" data-name="Time Will Wait For No One">Time Will Wait For No One</a> and 2024's <a href="spotify:album:7xf10YYeWq7g1sdqCD36Qv" data-name="But I'll Wait For You">But I'll Wait For You</a>, concurrently. Following their release, Kelcey Ayer announced his amicable departure from the band.
Local Natives are Nik Ewing, Matthew Frazier, Ryan Hahn & Taylor Rice.
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