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CMU Approved
Approved: Local Natives (SNAP Of The Day)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 9 June 2009
Since the SXSW buzz has died down slightly I’ve been revisiting Local Natives’ sparkling repertoire, which means chunks of folksy folk and rousing choruses from the Band Of Horses school of composition. ‘Airplanes’ is the track most fitting of this description, with the marching band drums complementing the creeping orchestration and less yearning, more warmly intimating calls of “I want you back/I want you back”. They also do a mean cover of Talking Heads’ ‘Warning Sign’, which is sure indication that they have their musical history in check as well a knack for – with what is sure to be the adjective du jour of next year’s critics – ‘Nativising’ classic material. Best tip for nudging their way into the mainstream consciousness over a long, well earned course in 2009.