Local Natives: clockwork from Orange County

After years of honing their tight harmonies, southern Californians Local Natives are breaking out. But they've suffered a few comparisons too manyImagine a band that sings harmonies like Fleet Foxes. Whose arrangements twist and turn like Grizzly Bear's. With songs that gallop along like Vampire Weekend's, crescendo like the Arcade Fire's, peak like Broken Social Scene's and break into Animal Collective pieces. Imagine, in short, the perfect contemporary sound, guaranteed to sell well but maybe ...

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