Sunlit Youth

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Sunlit Youth
Sunlit Youth.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2016
Recorded2014–2016 in Thailand, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Hawaii, and Ojai, California
Genre
Length45:26
Label Loma Vista (US)
Infectious Music (UK/Japan)
Hostess (Japan)
Producer
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

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

Contents

Background

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

Release

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

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

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Consequence of Sound B− [8]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [10]
Exclaim! 7/10 [11]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Pitchfork 6.3/10 [13]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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

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)
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"
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

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

Local Natives
Additional personnel

Charts

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

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