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9.3
50314
9.3 |
Paste Magazine
From the first sung note of Hummingbird, Local Natives are frank in their presentation of a serious album, challenging listeners to heal along with them
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9.0
50205
9.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Hummingbird proves that these guys are maturing into a sound that’s both singular and wrenching with severity
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8.5
50202
8.5 |
Beats Per Minute
With patience, Hummingbird‘s panorama comes into full view, and it is one full of arrestingly arranged set pieces and an impressive sense of economy
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8.5
50307
8.5 |
The 405
Musically, they have never been more confident but at their core they have never been more honest
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8.3
50250
8.3 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Local Natives’ have remained constant in their melodies, but their lyricism has matured, becoming at once refined and poignant
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8.1
50190
8.1 |
Pitchfork
Local Natives have made a thoughtful, lovely album with small gestures that provide great rewards
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8.0
50191
8.0 |
PopMatters
Hummingbird manages to craft a friscalating, sun-setting, post-adolescence in the rear-view mirror
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8.0
50239
8.0 |
Q
Transcend influences and come of age. Print edition only
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8.0
50145
8.0 |
Tone Deaf
This is Local Natives at their most self-assured, effortlessly intricate, and harmony-filled best
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8.0
50149
8.0 |
Evening Standard
I’m not suggesting pot was smoked, but the fragrance from the surrounding trees must have been pungent
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8.0
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8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
There is no shortage of shimmery songcraft
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8.0
50178
8.0 |
The Observer
The standout track is Colombia. Written after the death of Ayer's mother in 2011, it's stark, stately and haunting, with emotionally raw lyrics and echoes of Radiohead's recent work
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8.0
50259
8.0 |
NME
There’s a fresh depth and consideration, as well as some barefaced emotion
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8.0
50268
8.0 |
State
Listening feels like bearing witness to the slow but special growth of a band coming to a great fruition
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8.0
50372
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Plays like a sophisticated and logical forward progression
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8.0
50613
8.0 |
musicOMH
Hummingbird may not be as instantly likable as Gorilla Manor, but its seductive beauty and emotional pull is virtually impossible to resist. Local Natives just keep on getting better
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8.0
51702
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The serious, mature older brother of Local Natives’ debut
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7.0
50981
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Kelcey Ayer vents pillowy angst in vivid detail as minimalist synth surges and push-pull drum rumble rough up his dove-winged melodies
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7.0
50427
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
An incredibly sober, blue-collar indie pop that sacrifices flash and gloss for substance and meaning
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7.0
50146
7.0 |
Entertainment.ie
Hummingbird provides an opportunity to get to know the inner workings of a more mature Local Natives, and it is one that should be seized
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7.0
50245
7.0 |
No Ripcord
The stately elegance of Hummingbird emphasizes how Local Natives are fit for the role of indie rock saviors
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7.0
50211
7.0 |
All Music
Local Natives still showcase a knack for frenetic, percussive segments and layered vocal harmonies that feature lead singer Taylor Rice's evocative croon
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6.7
50251
6.7 |
A.V. Club
An album of hidden rewards, a record to pick and choose tracks from in order to purvey a single feeling or contribute to the perfect mixtape. What it’s not, though, is a cohesive, compelling whole
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6.5
50151
6.5 |
BBC
Had they taken a few more steps into uncharted territory, mind, this could have been something spectacular, rather than the very solid set that it is
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6.0
50218
6.0 |
Uncut
Preppy Californians get a bit depressive on album number two. Print edition only
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6.0
50147
6.0 |
The Guardian
It's pretty, yet rarely challenging
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6.0
50148
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Their second album isn’t as instantly persuasive, but Hummingbird consistently and intriguingly smoulders rather than immediately blazes into life
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5.3
50150
5.3 |
Bowlegs
There are moments that are achingly beautiful
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