Violet Street

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Violet Street
Violet Street.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
StudioCSLMI Studios and BLVD Studios in Los Angeles, California [1]
Length40:47
Label Loma Vista
Producer Shawn Everett [2]
Local Natives chronology
Sunlit Youth
(2016)
Violet Street
(2019)
Sour Lemon
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! 8/10 [6]
The Line of Best Fit 8.5/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [8]

Violet Street is the fourth studio album by American band Local Natives. It was released on April 26, 2019 through Loma Vista Recordings. [9]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Kelcey Ayer, Ryan Hahn, and Taylor Rice. All music composed by Local Natives [1] .

No.TitleLength
1."Vogue"2:48
2."When Am I Gonna Lose You"4:24
3."Café Amarillo"4:23
4."Munich II"0:46
5."Megaton Mile"4:26
6."Someday Now"5:05
7."Shy"4:31
8."Garden of Elysian"4:36
9."Gulf Shores"5:00
10."Tap Dancer"4:26

Personnel

Credits adapted from LP liner notes. [1]

Local Natives

Production and additional personnel

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [10] 51
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [11] 11

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References

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