[TR24][OF] Local Natives - Hummingbird - 2013 (Rock, Indie Rock)

Taylor Rice – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass
Kelcey Ayer – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, percussion, rhythm guitar, harmonium, glockenspiel
Ryan Hahn – lead guitar, bass, keyboards, backing vocals, mandolin
Matt Frazier – drums and percussion
Additional Musicians
Aaron Dessner – additional guitar on "Heavy Feet", claps, additional bass and additional guitar on "Breakers", additional organ on "Three Months", bass on "Black Balloons" and "Wooly Mammoth", tambourine, bass pedals, organ and MS-20 on "Mt. Washington"
Raymond Richards – upright bass on "Mt. Washington"
Yuki Numata – violin on "Heavy Feet", "Three Months" and "Colombia"
Beth Meyers – viola on "Heavy Feet", "Three Months" and "Colombia"
Clarice Jensen – cello on "Heavy Feet", "Black Spot", "Three Months" and "Colombia"
Dave Nelson – trombone on "You & I", "Heavy Feet", "Three Months", "Mt. Washington" and "Colombia"

"Hummingbird" is the second studio album by American indie rock band Local Natives, released on January 29, 2013 on Frenchkiss Records in the US, and on Infectious Records in Europe. Produced by The National guitarist Aaron Dessner, the album was preceded by the singles, "Breakers" and "Heavy Feet." "Breakers" reached #12 on the Billboard Top 200. The song "Mt. Washington" was also featured in the 2015 video game Life Is Strange.
Local Natives' sophomore effort, 2013's Hummingbird, is a more atmospheric and introspective collection of songs in contrast to the band's effusive 2009 breakthrough debut Gorilla Manor. Perhaps it has something to do with the parting of bassist Andy Hamm, who left the band in 2011. More likely, it is the influence of producer and the National guitarist Aaron Dessner, who also co-wrote some of the songs on Hummingbird. Whatever the reason, gone is the tribal, post-punk influence of their first album's popular songs like "Sun Hands" and "Camera Talk," replaced here by the lyrical, dreamy, and long-form majesty of cuts like the piano-driven "Breakers," and the sparkling, late-afternooon melancholy of "Ceilings." Which isn't to say the band sounds completely different, or that these songs are any less infectious. On the contrary, Local Natives still showcase a knack for frenetic, percussive segments and layered vocal harmonies that feature lead singer Taylor Rice's evocative croon. There is just a hint of a break-up or unrequited love threaded through the lyrics on Hummingbird that rubs against some of the sweeter melodies here and gives the album a shadowy vibe. On "Ceilings," Rice opines, "Hold the Summer in your hands, 'till the Summer turns to sand. We were staring at our ceilings thinking of what we'd give to have one more day of sun." Similarly, tracks like the yearning "Black Balloons" and the angular "Wooly Mammoth" are ruminative, poignant, and moody epics that, while more progressive in feel, still bring to mind Gorilla Manor standouts like "Wide Eyes." Elsewhere, songs like "Breakers," and "Mt. Washington" seem to take aesthetic cues from such varied sources as the Beach Boys and Echo and the Bunnymen, proving that the band has no shortage of inspirational material to draw on, hopefully for many albums to come.
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