Concert Review: Local Natives Land At Brooklyn Steel
The first time I ever heard Local Natives was in Argentina. I was in a sports bar where you could, literally, play archery and take a tequila shot. Was it safe? Who knows!?! Yet, in that bar, with a group people from all over the world, “World News” came on, and we all agreed, “This is one of the best songs we have ever heard!” Somehow, Local Natives had achieved a level of music that crossed barriers and borders to emanate a universal fun. At Brooklyn Steel, they did the same.
Local Natives – Tap Dancer (Official Music Video)
The key to a Local Natives concert is that they make you feel like a happy nomad. Tracks like, “Café Amarillo,” “Airplanes,” “Ceilings,” and “Sun Hands” felt like the alleys and cobbled streets you take with your back-pack strapped, map in hand, and stars in your eyes. They arrange and play their music as if every song is a “search” for a destination, but, this time, the locations lie in your heart. It is a beautiful, enlightening perspective if you think how the places you were the happiest were also the places you let yourself be happy. In essence, you built “the moment” and let yourself have it: no self-sabotage, fear, or doubt. From “Past Lives” to “Wide Eyes,” Local Natives sang to letting yourself build a life worth living.
If Local Natives make you feel like a happy nomad, it is, in part, because they come off like a band of traveling brothers. From crowd-surfing to foot-stomping, they line up across the stage like a battalion against negativity. Their presence and music is ten times more bombastic and lively in concert. It is as if every song they ever made was waiting for the moment they would become live so they could say, “Yes, this is where I shine!” Their value as a group with a LOYAL following lines up in their show because they are a positive group..
Local Natives – When Am I Gonna Lose You (Official Music Video)
There is a difference between how good it feels to say, amongst a mass of people, that life sucks, and how wonderful it is to believe, amongst a warehouse of folks, that life can get better. Local Natives show IS for those that want to be unabashedly happy. (lol!) While Taylor Rice and Kelcey Ayer lead in vocal, swinging their voices around like a sprinkler of fire, it is the harmonies I live for. Somehow, these guys give their voice their personality, which makes their show have a undeniable, traveling quality. You simply want to grab the next flight and see in what adventure you land. For More Information On Local Natives Click Here.
