I have yet to spend much time with ‘Hummingbird,’ but it seems like the album is more mellow, and a little less poppy than ‘Gorilla Manor,’ which is not a bad thing (although I LOVED GM). I enjoyed listening to the album from start to finish and never had one desire to skip over a track – it is beautiful music. I plan on getting well acquainted with ‘Hummingbird,’ – going to make a date night with Local Natives and some delicious Stout.
You can take a listen to Local Natives’ ‘Hummingbird’ below:
‘Hummingbird’ is now available for purchase.
On songs, such as “Wooly Mammoth” with its soaring echoes or the hand-clap fueled psychedelic riffs of “Breakers,” the band’s California origins do manage to come scorching through the more somber elements of the album. It is a credit to the band’s vocalist Taylor Rice that his almost nasal, child-like voice befits the faster songs just as much as the album’s many slower points (see in particular the haunting refrain in “Colombia”).