Tubelord-Our First American Friends
The Xcerts- In The Cold Wind We Smile
Wild Honey-Epic Handshakes and a Bear Hug
Inara George-Accidental Experimental
Ramona Falls-Intuit
Castledoor-Shouting At The Mountains
The Very Best-Warm Heart of Africa
Starlight Mints-Change Remains
Local Natives caught my attention earlier this year in February. I was unable to find any signs of them having released an album, or even a EP. From what I heard they were selling 7inches at shows, but since they were not scheduled to play here, I had no way of obtaining anything by them leaving their Myspace and Youtube as the only place to listen to some of their music.
Finally the glorious site Daytrotter released their sessions and I lived for months with 3 songs on my mp3 player. Their record label in the UK released “Sun Hands” on 7inch in June, but in attempting to save money, I did not purchase it.
In the early fall,it was announced that their album Gorilla Manners would be released in the UK on November 2nd. I pre-ordered the cd. When I was finally able to listen to the full cd I was blown away. Gorilla Manner is by far one of the best releases of the year!
Listen to their song, Local Natives-Who Knows, Who Cares
Luckily since it’ll probably be released next year in the US, I can make it one of my best of the year again!
Want to import the album? Purchase it here.
Recommended if you like Cold War Kids, Fleet Foxes, Arcade Fire.
