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Sunlit Youth is the third studio album by American indie rock band Local Natives, released on September 9, 2016 with Loma Vista Recordings.[1]

Sunlit Youth
Studio albumby
Local Natives
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2016
Recorded2014–2016 in Thailand, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Hawaii, and Ojai, California
Genre
  • synth-pop
    • Length45:26
    LabelLoma Vista (US)
    Infectious Music (UK/Japan)
    Hostess (Japan)
    Producer
    • Local Natives
  • Brian Joseph
  • Rob Kirwan
  • Catherine Marks
  • Little Dragon
  • Ryan Hahn
  • Lars Stalfors
    • Local Natives chronology
    Hummingbird
    (2013)     		Sunlit Youth
    (2016)     		Violet Street
    (2019)
    Singles from Sunlit Youth

    1. "Past Lives"
      Released: April 29, 2016
    2. "Villainy"
      Released: June 6, 2016
    3. "Fountain of Youth"
      Released: July 7, 2016
    4. "Coins"
      Released: August 26, 2016

    Background

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    Sunlit Youth was recorded between 2014 and 2016 in Thailand, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Hawaii, and Ojai, California.

    Release

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    The album was preceded by the singles "Past Lives," "Villainy," "Fountain of Youth," and "Coins".[2][3][4][5] Before its release, "Past Lives" was featured in the episode "7th" from the first season of the Netflix series Flaked, which was released on March 11, 2016.

    Goofs

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    The album has a noticeable misprint of the song "Psycho Lovers" (track #10), which on the CD is labeled as "Pyscho Lovers".

    Critical reception

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    Professional ratings
    Aggregate scores
    SourceRating
    Metacritic75/100[6]
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic     [7]
    Consequence of SoundB−[8]
    DIY     [9]
    Drowned in Sound8/10[10]
    Exclaim!7/10[11]
    The Observer     [12]
    Pitchfork6.3/10[13]
    Under the Radar          [14]

    Sunlit Youth received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[6]

    Track listing

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    All tracks are written by Local Natives

    No.TitleProducer(s)Length
    1."Villainy"
    • Local Natives
  • Brian Joseph
    		• 3:43
    2."Past Lives"
    • Local Natives
  • Joseph
    		• 3:43
    3."Dark Days" (featuring Nina Persson)
    • Local Natives
  • Joseph
    		• 3:01
    4."Fountain of Youth"
    • Local Natives
  • Rob Kirwan
    		• 3:53
    5."Masters"
    • Local Natives
  • Joseph
  • Catherine Marks
    		• 4:24
    6."Jellyfish" (featuring Moses Sumney)
    • Local Natives
  • Joseph
  • Little Dragon
  • Ryan Hahn
    		• 2:50
    7."Coins"
    • Local Natives
  • Joseph
    		• 3:58
    8."Mother Emanuel"
    • Local Natives
  • Joseph
    		• 3:44
    9."Ellie Alice"
    • Local Natives
  • Ryan Hahn
    		• 2:56
    10."Psycho Lovers"
    • Local Natives
  • Joseph
  • Lars Stalfors
    		• 3:54
    11."Everything All at Once" 4:10
    12."Sea of Years"
    • Local Natives
  • Joseph
    		• 5:10
    Total length:45:26
    Japanese edition bonus track
    No.TitleLength
    13."Fountain of Youth" (Rooftop Version) 

    Personnel

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    Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sunlit Youth.[15]

    Local Natives
    Additional personnel

    Charts

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    Chart (2016) Peak
    position
    Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 98
    Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 92
    USBillboard 200[18] 23
    USTop Rock Albums (Billboard)[19] 8
    Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 165

    References

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    1. ^ Strauss, Matthew (2016-06-07). "Local Natives Announce New Album Sunlit Youth, World Tour". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ Camp, Zoe (2016-04-29). "Local Natives Return with New Song "Past Lives:" Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ Geslani, Michelle (2016-06-06). "Local Natives premiere new song "Villainy" — listen". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ Ysteboe, Taylor (2016-07-07). "Local Natives Release Lyric Video for New Song, "Fountain of Youth"". Paste. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ Roberts, Christopher (2016-08-26). "Listen: Local Natives - "Coins"". Under the Radar. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ a b "Sunlit Youth – Local Natives". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ Donelson, Marcy (2016-09-08). "Sunlit Youth – Local Natives". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ Van Nguyen, Dean (2016-09-09). "Local Natives – Sunlit Youth". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ McNeilly, Liam (2016-09-09). "Local Natives – Sunlit Youth". DIY. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ Sharpe, Christopher T. (2016-09-12). "Local Natives – Sunlit Youth". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ Noble-Marks, Eric (2016-09-07). "Local Natives – Sunlit Youth". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ Mongredien, Phil (2016-09-11). "Local Natives: Sunlit Youth review – clever but overpolished indie". The Observer. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ Leas, Ryan (2016-09-23). "Local Natives: Sunlit Youth". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  • ^ Moss, Will (2016-09-09). "Local Natives – Sunlit Youth". Under the Radar. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  • ^ Sunlit Youth (LP liner notes). Local Natives. Loma Vista. 2016. LVR00015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  • ^ "Ultratop.be – Local Natives – Sunlit Youth" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  • ^ "Ultratop.be – Local Natives – Sunlit Youth" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  • ^ "Local Natives Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  • ^ "Local Natives Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  • ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Local Natives – Sunlit Youth" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 11, 2020.

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