Photos of Local Natives at Terminal 5 in New York, NY on October 26th, 2016
Photos of Local Natives at 2016 Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, TX
Photos of Local Natives at Fox Theater in Oakland, CA on September 17th, 2016
Photos of Local Natives at 2014 Fashion Meets Music Festival in Columbus, OH
Photos of Local Natives at 2014 Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, GA
Photos of Local Natives at 2013 Boston Calling Music Festival in Boston, MA
Photos of Local Natives at 2013 Beacons Festival in Skipton, U.K.
Photos of Local Natives at 2013 Haldern Pop Music Festival in Rees-Haldern, Germany
Photos of Local Natives at 2013 Governors Ball in New York, NY
Photos of Local Natives at 2013 Optimus Primavera Sound Festival in Oporto, Portugal
Photos of Local Natives at 2012 All Tomorrow’s Parties in Minehead, U.K.
Local Natives burst out of Los Angeles’ trendy Silver Lake in 2009 with the alt-folk collective loss of Gorilla Manor, and somehow managed to up that game on 2013 follow-up Hummingbird (QRO review). For Sunlit Youth, there was no way that they could repeat either feat, so instead the group has widened their musical style, including synths & soul.
Yes, like seemingly every other act out there, alt- or not, Local Natives employ synthesizers, but they do not dominate the record or the sound, just coming up sometimes, such as “Mother Emanuel” and “Psycho Lover”; “Dark Days”, featuring The Cardigans’ Nina Persson, is just some very effective smooth intimacy/smooth epic. Meanwhile, there is also Sunlit soul, like “Coins” and “Ellie Alice”. Oh, and the band hasn’t forgotten their indie origins, with pieces such as single “Past Lives”.
Local Natives have grown with their past two albums, but in different ways. Hummingbird took what they did well and did it better. Sunlit Youth, though a bit all over the place, takes what they’ve done and adds more.
