The Local Natives' latest album, Past Lives, is a captivating and emotive masterpiece that showcases the band's evolution and growth as musicians. The album is a combination of indie rock, folk, and electronic music, creating a unique sound that is both refreshing and familiar.
The album opens with "Villainy," a track that sets the tone for the rest of the album with its haunting vocals and ethereal instrumentation. The album's standout tracks include "Fountain of Youth," which features a catchy chorus and a driving beat, and "Dark Days," a somber and introspective ballad that showcases the band's ability to write emotionally charged lyrics.
Throughout the album, the Local Natives' harmonies are on full display, creating a rich and layered sound that is both comforting and haunting. The band's lyrics are also a highlight, with themes of love, loss, and self-discovery woven throughout the album.
From the prime of my life
And I'll try
To carry you home tonight
Annie
Over Kansas in heels
Like a child
Laughing at endless skies
I will wait for you
At the end love
Let your past lives too
Then you wake up
Take me
To Dorothy Chandler tonight
And I'll find you
Reflected a hundred times
You can spend all your sugar you know me
Sprawling out on a California king
I will wait for you
At the end love
Let your past lives too
Then you wake up
Through the catacombs
Into nothing
And it mattered through
To the beginning
Save me
From the prime of my life
And I will wait for you
At the end love
There your past lives too
Then you wake up
When the spirit comes
Over water
That'll come for you
A little farther
Through the catacombs
Into nothing
And it mattered through
To the beginning