Local Natives announce new album ‘Sunlit Youth’ and a ma-hoo-sive world tour

After dropping the odd bit and the odd bob, Local Natives are properly back, with new album ‘Sunlit Youth’ set for an autumn release.

The follow-up to 2013’s ‘Hummingbird’ is set for release via Loma Vista / Infectious Music, and is being trailed by ‘Villainy’, a lush and sweeping cut which recieved its first spin as Zane Lowe’s World Record on Beats 1.

“A lot of the excitement in making this new album came from discovering how to make songs in different ways,” the band’s Ryan Hahn explains. “You start thinking, ‘What do I want to hear?’ Forget about what we’ve done and what people expect. This is a song that I would want to hear. Lyrically, ‘Villainy’ is about realising that you have the ability to change your situation, that you can start again everyday. We applied that to how we made music this time around. We wanted all the new songs to have a different energy, to challenge ourselves to do something different each time.”

Sounds intense, tbh.

In less local Local Natives news, they’re also heading out on a bloody massive world tour in support of the record - full dates for that are as follows (deep breath):

JULY
16 Louisville, KY, Forecastle Festival
31 Chicago, IL, Lollapalooza

AUGUST
19 Hasselt, Pukkelpop
20 Eskilstuna, Gainesville
21 Biddinghuizen, Lowlands
22 Winterthur, Musikfestwochen
24 Paris, La Boule Noire
26 Cologne, c/o pop Festival
28 Turin, Todays Festival
29 Ljubljana, Kino Siska

SEPTEMBER
02 San Sebastian, Kutxa Kultur Festival
03 Dorset, End of the Road Festival
04 Dublin, Electric Picnic
14 Tempe, AZ, The Marquee Theatre
15 San Diego, CA, The North Park Theatre
16 Los Angeles, CA, Greek Theatre
17 Oakland, CA, Fox Theater
19 Portland, OR, Crystal Ballroom
20 Seattle, WA, The Moore Theatre
22 Salt Lake City, UT, The Depot
23 Denver, CO, Ogden Theatre
24 Kansas City, MO, CrossroadsKC
27 Milwaukee, WI, Riverside Theater
28 Minneapolis, MN, First Avenue
30 Tulsa, OK, Cain’s Ballroom

OCTOBER
02 Austin, TX, Austin City Limits Music Festival
05 St. Louis, MO, The Pageant
07 New Orleans, LA, Civic Theatre
09 Austin, TX, Austin City Limits Music Festival
11 Birmingham, AL, Iron City Birmingham
12 Atlanta, GA, The Tabernacle
14 Nashville, TN, Ryman Auditorium
15 Charlotte, NC, The Fillmore Charlotte
16 Washington DC, 9:30 Club
17 Washington DC, 9:30 Club
19 Philadelphia, PA, Electric Factory
21 Providence, RI, Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
22 Boston, MA, House of Blues
25 New York, NY, Terminal 5
26 New York, NY, Terminal 5

NOVEMBER
01 Oxford, Academy 1
02 London, Koko
04 Bristol, Motion
06 Glasgow, QMU
07 Leeds, Stylus
08 Manchester, Albert Hall
10 Paris, Trianon
11 Zurich, Rote Fabrik
12 Brussels, Cirque Royal
13 Amsterdam, Paradiso
15 Milan, Magnolia
16 Hamburg, Uebel & Gefaehrlich
17 Berlin, Bi Nuu
19 Stockholm, Debaser Medis
20 Oslo, Rockfeller
21 Gothenburg, Pustervik
22 Copenhagen, Vega Main Hall

Busy, then. Check out ‘Villainy’ below the artwork and tracklisting for ‘Sunlit Youth’.