Media Meditation #1: New Music Addition: Localizing playlist to Local Natives – Gorilla Manor

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Mid-September I got an amazing opportunity to see Modest Mouse live at the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn, NY. I had asked a long time friend of mine to come to the concert with me and she blissfully accepted. My friend’s name is Nicole “Ice Queen” and we have always gone to shows together and shared music and just generally have similar tastes in almost anything. Bottom line… She is rad.

On our way to Brooklyn we hit some pretty rough NY traffic going over the GWB; strangely at 5:00 going southbound on I-87. That almost never happens. Unluckily we had the pleasure of sharing the road with a moron who happened to run out of gas immediately following the two lane merger onto the bridge. Needless to say we were running late to the concert and we had got to talk and catching up on each other’s lives in between random bouts of high octane NY road rage.

Nicole is slightly older than me and has a few friends in the music industry that sign artists and what not. While waits in horrendous traffic she shared with me Gorilla Manor, a new CD by the artists Local Natives. Nicole had told me that a friend of hers saw them in Brooklyn a while back and that one thing led to another and they got signed.

As we were sitting in the car listen to this CD she was watching and listening to my musical happiness spill out my mouth and via facial expressions. This CD is FIRE! I haven’t stopped listening to it since she introduced me to it. The tracks “Wide Eyes” and “Camera Talk” are my favorites but they’re all ear candy. The harmonies are spot on and are similar to Fleet Foxes but more youthful in character. Some of the delay guitar, especially on the opening track “Wide Eyes,” is captivating. The lead guitar bursts through like a camera lens that quickly focuses on a subject to make it real. It is a sonic joy to listen to. Without a doubt it made the tedious ride to Brooklyn a little less anxiety-ridden.

Any who, Modest Mouse was AWESOME to see on the Waterfront. Extend songs were like EVERY song which was great. Special thanks to Brooklyn Brewery for the fantastic Beer Garden located to the right of the stage. Truly and awesome night and thank you to Nicole for the ride in and company.

They are also getting a lot of press now… Pitchfork

Check out the bands MySpace Facebook and Website

Tracksandfields.com
Remix Local Natives’ ‘Wide Eyes’, and be in with a chance of a digital release through Infectious Music.

Wide Eyes Video