{"id":2502,"date":"2010-09-22T22:53:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T22:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2010-09-22T22:55:16","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T22:55:16","slug":"locals-and-natives-speaking-the-love-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2010-09\/locals-and-natives-speaking-the-love-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Locals and Natives Speaking The Love Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2509\" title=\"LN\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LN-700x355.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LN-700x355.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LN-150x76.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LN-450x228.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a musical, sold-out love-fest at Soho in Santa Barbara on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The critically acclaimed and popular LA band, Local Natives, brought their mega-melodic songs, gregarious group vocals and engaging instrumentals (drummer Matt Frazier and bassist Andy Hamm provide a phenomenal rhythm section) to Soho and mesmerized the crowd.\u00a0 We know there are some Fleet Fans out there, but we&#8217;re saying Local Natives are what Fleet Foxes only aspire to be:\u00a0 in addition to the vocalese, their songs are laden with actual melodies and inventive, driving, dynamic song structures (akin at times to Vampire Weekend and Talking Heads).\u00a0 We&#8217;ll withhold judgment, however, on the the Tom Selleck meets Freddie Mercury mustache or two sported by certain band members\u00a0 (note:\u00a0 just because it&#8217;s retro doesn&#8217;t mean you need to champion the cause).<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re feeling lazy (not to mention these guys have been well-covered elsewhere), so instead of blathering on (guilty, your honor) we spent some time culling the &#8220;interweb&#8221; for representative videos of their catchier songs done live.\u00a0 Check below to get a good flavor for this very talented band.\u00a0 We hope to see &#8217;em back in Santa Barbara soon.<\/p>\n<p>Local Natives opened with their duly-dynamic song, <em>Camera Talk <\/em>below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Local Natives - Camera Talk (Live on KEXP)\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rVH7ztcwK60?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They also took to the air with their amiable <em>Airplanes. <\/em>Check out an electric and an acoustic version below.<\/p>\n<p>From The Late Late Show:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Local Natives - &quot;Airplanes&quot; 5\/6 Ferguson (TheAudioPerv.com)\" width=\"635\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E_iICPO8EW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>An acoustic rendition:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exclusive! Local Natives go acoustic for ITN with Airplanes\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzY23qNRYZs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We also liked this &#8220;unplugged&#8221; version of their song <em>Cards and Quarters<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Local Natives - &quot;Cards &amp; Quarters&quot;\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Re0wALTqiaA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And finally (for Local Natives, that is), check out this rendition of <em>Wide Eyes:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Local Natives - Wide Eyes | HibOO d&#039;Live\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y4YO2v_xiYk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The most pleasant surprise of the evening was opener, The Love Language, from North Carolina.\u00a0 We had caught their catchy song, <em>Heart to Tell<\/em> (particularly great live), but weren&#8217;t prepared for the emphatic delivery and choice songs of this band.\u00a0 Lead singer Stuart McComb imbued his vocals with serious passion and talent throughout, and the band played with effervescent energy.\u00a0 Drummer Jordan McLamb was perfect both on his kit and with his vocal harmonics, and Missy Thangs (we kid you not) brought great energy and vocals to the set.<\/p>\n<p>Check some of their deliveries below:<\/p>\n<p><em>Lalita<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oQbH8-Ry7IQ<\/p>\n<p><em>Heart to Tell<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W0SCBuMwzMg&#038;feature=related<\/p>\n<p><em>Providence<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Love Language - Providence || Baeble Music\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kYt_1kpeFjI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a musical, sold-out love-fest at Soho in Santa Barbara on Monday night. 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