Local Natives return with ‘Past Lives’

It’s been a long ol’ three years since Local Natives’ last output, 2013’s ‘Hummingbird’ LP. Today, though, they’ve returned.

New track ‘Past Lives’ is proof (were it needed, which let’s be honest, it’s not) that they’ve lost none of their charm in the interim. “Save me from the prime of my life,” implores Taylor Rice across a shivering, spacious backdrop - both upbeat and melancholy, it’s evidence that their time away has only bolstered every element of Local Natives’ being.

Speaking on the track in a press release, Taylor offered the following: “The world is not static, it’s made new over and over again. But we tend to live the same patterns in a loop, loving the same way, wrestling the same demons, the same dynamics playing out around us again and again. Untangling every moment and decision that led us to where we are now can make fate feel concrete, inescapable. But our world is not fixed, it’s constantly reemerging, and we can change it into whatever we want.”

Nope, us neither. It’s a bloody good song though - stream it below.