Weekly Reviews - Gorilla Manor by Local Natives

Los Angeles quintet Local Natives finally dropped their debut LP Gorilla Manor this past Tuesday and it is pretty fantastic. I heard their song Sun Hands on SiriusXMU quite a few times over the past month and so was excited to see what else they had up their sleeve. This record was not exactly love at first listen for me; however, after a few more listens I quickly realized that this album had a lot more to offer than I picked up on the first time and is definitely one that grows on you a little more with each listen. Their music is a little understated with some fantastic percussion that works really well with the vocals and establishes a very mellow mood throughout. I can't put my finger on exactly why I really like this album, but I do and am going to advise you to go out and purchase it immediately. All in all, this is a great debut album and should portend great things to come for these guys in the future. As for the Weekly Review rating, Gorilla Manor is getting a 4.0 from me right now (the lead singer's mustache alone added .2 points to the rating - that thing is epically amazing!), but talk to me in a couple of months and it could very easily be a 4.5.

As a side note, these guys are playing pretty much every festival on earth over the next few months so check them out if you can.

Two of my favorites from this great debut:

Airplanes

Sun Hands