Enter Local Natives, a group which makes it difficult for me to describe their sound - - because they represent the sound of so many others in one. And that's a good thing. Their harmonies are clearly rehearsed and urgency can be heard in the lyrics of several songs, including "Airplanes," which represents the emotions of losing someone as well as any song in recent memory. An interesting note as well - it's rare to go from a folksy-pop start in a song like the Natives' "Who Knows Who Cares," to a full blown (almost get-up-and-dance) jam session towards the end of the track, and they pull it off beautifully.
I've listened to the album several times through now, "Gorilla Manor," and each time I catch something I recognize in there. I get Fleet Foxes one minute, Cage the Elephant the next, with a little reggae and a little punk thrown in there. Did I just mix Fleet Foxes and punk? Yep. They really do fly through genre barriers and do it quite successfully, but to reassure you, it's a fully original sound. It's not that their music is completely groundbreaking, it's the fact that they successfully have written impressive lyrics to a pretty diverse sound of tracks, and so far I haven't hit the 'dud' song on this album. Gonna go give it another listen. This is a favorite so far, give it a chance through at least 1:05 where it goes a little funky.
One more must listen (yes really)
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these guys are great!
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