LOCAL NATIVES
Release New Album
‘VIOLET STREET’
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“Selecta” – The Sydney Morning Herald
“Fiercely engaging; a rare record in which the members’ cohesive character positively shines.” – Happy Mag
“Violet Street bops harder than it has any right to… Expect lush guitars, pop vocals and the kinds of iridescent harmonies that road trips are made of.” – Fashion Journal
“Local Natives have captured their true spirit once again.” 8.5/10 – The Line Of Best Fit
“Best New Music of March” – Monster Children
“Buoyant… their breezy and open sound is more energetic than ever” – Exclaim
“Amazing” – Under the Radar
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Local Natives have released their new album Violet Street to major critical praise. Released via Loma Vista Recordings / Caroline Australia, Violet Street juxtaposes the classic set up of a band playing live together in a room with genius producer Shawn Everett’s (Kacey Musgraves, Alabama Shakes, The War On Drugs) gonzo production experimentation. The result is a timeless album made for today, featuring the band’s signature 3-part harmonies and intricate layers, augmented by loops of tape, physically spliced and transformed by hand.
The soaring, blissful and introspective new album features previously released singles: “lush and searching” (Stereogum) “When Am I Gonna Lose You,” whose beautiful video stars Kate Mara; “Café Amarillo,” which FADER hails for “illustrating a sort of emotional purgatory;” and “Tap Dancer,” which Brooklyn Vegan praises for its “elegiac ache.” “Megaton Mile” has received strong Australian DSP support, receiving playlisting across Spotify’s New Music Friday and Apple’s Best of the Week.
Based in Los Angeles, the quintet progressed their blissful sound over the course of three full-length albums, Gorilla Manor [2009], Hummingbird [2013], and Sunlit Youth [2016]. The latter received praise from The FADER, Consequence of Sound and The Guardian. In between countless sold out shows and festival appearances – including a standout Coachella 2017 set – they’ve graced the stages of Austin City Limits, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Late Show With James Corden, and more.
Local Natives will return to Australia in July for Splendour In The Grass and headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne.
Read the band’s track-by-track via Consequence of Sound HERE for more on the influences on the album from Joan Didion’s ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ to Seinfeld bass lines.
STREAM VIOLET STREET
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Watch WHEN AM I GONNA LOSE YOU here
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Violet Street Tracklisting:
1. Vogue
2. When Am I Gonna Lose You?
3. Café Amarillo
4. Munich II
5. Megaton Mile
6. Someday Now
7. Shy
8. Garden of Elysian
9. Gulf Shores
10. Tap Dancer
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LOCAL NATIVES AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2019
Friday 19 July – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Tickets here
Saturday 20 July – The Espy, Melbourne
Tickets here
Sunday 21 July – Splendour In The Grass, Byron Bay
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