“On the L.A. band's debut, their influences floated incredibly close to the surface. But Hummingbird is a record of lateral growth, a clear move towards the band establishing their own footing among their contemporaries.”
“L.A.’s Local Natives take you to the beach and cry in your umbrella drink. Their blindingly bright washes of CSNY harmonies and wide-spiral psychedelia can recall Grizzly Bear or Fleet Foxes. But there’s an undercurrent of stormy emotionalism that really comes out on the band’s second album. Kelcey Ayer vents pillowy angst in vivid detail as minimalist synth surges and push-pull drum rumble rough ”
“On its second full-length album, Local Natives still sits in the shadow of bands like Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear, which is something even the band's most hardcore fans are willing to admit.”
