An indie band “on the brink of collapse” discovers a new pace.
Now we also know how the genesis of the new Local Natives song “NYE” is ordered. To celebrate Ryan Hahn’s wedding in 2022, the rest of the band performed a few favorite songs, including the Strokes’ “Someday.” Hahn, probably somewhat overwhelmed by the performance, decided at that moment to make “a fast and wild song” with his natives, and the result was an upbeat track that was still a foreign body on the previous album VIOLET STREET (2019). were.
“NYE” may follow in the footsteps of the Strokes, but it has come off a keyboard wash with bleach. For a band “on the verge of collapse” (local natives’ own description), the indie quintet, with the help of Grammy-winning producer John Congleton, audibly pulled themselves together again. The polyphonic vocal harmonies in airy folk and soul songs like “Desert Snow” and “Featherweight” are still a unique selling point for the band, but not every one of the ten songs on TIME WILL WAIT FOR NO ONE will resonate with the fan base like Ryan Hahn does with the Strokes hit of 2002.