MP3 Stream: Local Natives Return With “Breakers”

After their explosive breakthrough in 2010, Local Natives have finally come out of the woodwork and announced not only a globetrotting tour but a new LP, Hummingbirds. Recorded in the comforts of The National’s, Aaron Dessner, home studio in New York, “Breakers” is the first single from the LP, scheduled for release on January 29, 2013. Now one man short (after splitting with bassist, Andy Hamm, in 2011), Local Natives are admittedly more emotional than in their debut, Gorilla Manor, an album that characterized the group as a sanguine and encouraging burst of harmonies and upbeat tempos. “Breakers” is somewhat erratic with pulsing waves of quintessential harmonies crashing into instrumentals. The track seems to merely skim the surface of the profound direction the quartet is going with Hummingbirds.

Local Natives are playing The Satellite in Los Angeles tonite (10/23) with Superhumanoids. Lucky enough to be in LA? Tickets are HERE.

Local Natives start a small world tour in November:

11-04 | Tokyo, Japan – Zepp
11-28 | Hamburg, Germany – Molotov
11-29 | Berlin, Germany – Comet
12-01 | Paris, France – Pont Ephemere
12-04 | Amsterdam, Holland – Bitterzoet
12-05 | Brussels, Belgium – Rotunde
12-06 | London, UK – Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
12-08 | Camber Sands, England – All Tomorrow’s Parties
01-29 | Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
01-30 | Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
02-01 | Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg
02-03/04 | New York, New York – Bowery Ballroom
03-18 | Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
03-19 | Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
03-22 | Milwaukee, WI – Turner Ballroom
03-23 | Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
03-25 | Covington, KY – Madison Theater
03-26 | Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
03-30 | Boston, MA – House Of Blues
04-01 | Providence, RI – Fete
04-04 | Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
04-05 | Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
04-25 | Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
04-26 | Seattle, WA – Neptune
04-27 | Vancouver, BC – Commodore Theater

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