![]() Monday’s are even less fun when the rest of the world has off. Gorilla Manor is that realization.Ĭheck out the tracks, check out the album, and please enjoy the music. Just as Kerouac couldn’t truly realize himself until he made his way out west, NYC indie rock needed that raw California emotion to reach its potential. In many ways, Pitchfork is right Local Natives truly are the west coast surfer punks to the ivy league, boat shoe, button down shirt tucked into khaki wearing Grizzly Bear of the New York area. ![]() While Local Natives does crossover with Grizzly Bear in terms of vocal stylings, their music is quite different with an unbridled happy aggression that is usually absent in most of today’s indie rock. But coincidences are coincidences, and all four of these bands are fantastic. ![]() It’s kind of like The Black Keys and The White Stripes both bands are duos with similar names and similar stripped down sounds. Their album is even called Gorilla Manor, which recalls the name Grizzly Bear. Hailed by Pitchfork as Grizzly Bear of the west coast, Local Natives is in many ways an LA version of their Brooklyn-based brethren. I’m going to be saying that one of the best albums of the decade came out just a few months into the decade, and I’ll use this post as proof that I predicted it. ![]() Ten years from now, when compiling my list of Top Albums of the 10s, this is going to be up there. ![]()
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