Local Natives stray from the animal-based moniker of many of their musical comparisons (Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Deptartment Of Eagles, etc.), but they still stick to a similar earthy pop sound. Hand claps aplenty and light, reverberating drums back up a chipper pop-rock diddy singing out for a lost flame. The video for “Airplanes,” off the upcoming Gorilla Manor EP (Frenchkiss), eerily mixes family portraits morphing into skulls with a tour of a beautifully dilapidated house from days past. It leaves you feeling optimistic in that way that spring is around the corner or that things are just going to get better, somehow.
