1. Wide Eyes
2. Airplanes
3. Sun Hands
4. World News
5. Camera Talk
6. Cards and Quarters
7. Warning Sign
8. Who Knows Who Cares
9. Cubism Dreams
10. Stranger Things
11. Sticky Thread
Gorilla Manor is a sterling good effort from the 5 piece based in L.A. On first listen they reminded me of French Kicks and slightly like Vampire Weekend without the Afro contributions. To be honest its quite hard to distinguish a lot of the indie bands at the moment as the last number of years has provided a deluge of this type but if these guys were about 2-3 years ago they might of made a bigger impact, and they still could.
After my initial listen to the first few tracks I was very impressed with the beginning of this album but unfortunately I have to admit the last few were a bit of a struggle, not that its a bad thing as they could be growers but they didn't standout like the opener 'Wide Eyes' and the second 'Airplanes' which had some very good drumming as im a sucker for a good beat. In the fifth song 'Shape Shifter' I found the albums anthem which started off low key with an excellent piano section and then the rest of the group came together to combine with a great sing-along chorus, I tried to hide this walking down the Ormeau road but when it hits you you have to go along with it. Overall ill not say too much more as the last four of five songs didn't strike me at first but who knows I could literally be singing the praises of this band once again.
Check out some of their work, www.myspace.com/localnatives
2. Airplanes
3. Sun Hands
4. World News
5. Camera Talk
6. Cards and Quarters
7. Warning Sign
8. Who Knows Who Cares
9. Cubism Dreams
10. Stranger Things
11. Sticky Thread
Gorilla Manor is a sterling good effort from the 5 piece based in L.A. On first listen they reminded me of French Kicks and slightly like Vampire Weekend without the Afro contributions. To be honest its quite hard to distinguish a lot of the indie bands at the moment as the last number of years has provided a deluge of this type but if these guys were about 2-3 years ago they might of made a bigger impact, and they still could.
After my initial listen to the first few tracks I was very impressed with the beginning of this album but unfortunately I have to admit the last few were a bit of a struggle, not that its a bad thing as they could be growers but they didn't standout like the opener 'Wide Eyes' and the second 'Airplanes' which had some very good drumming as im a sucker for a good beat. In the fifth song 'Shape Shifter' I found the albums anthem which started off low key with an excellent piano section and then the rest of the group came together to combine with a great sing-along chorus, I tried to hide this walking down the Ormeau road but when it hits you you have to go along with it. Overall ill not say too much more as the last four of five songs didn't strike me at first but who knows I could literally be singing the praises of this band once again.
Check out some of their work, www.myspace.com/localnatives
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