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discovered your Vine account – you Vine quite prolifically, don’t you? I do, yeah! [LAUGHS] I really enjoy editing and I’ve edited together some band stuff in the past, so that kinda goes along with that and it’s pretty fun to do.
T How important is context when you’re listening to an album?
Does it matter? In the case of Local Natives’ sophomore album, I’d argue it does. After the high impact debut ‘Gorilla Manor’ comes the altogether more subtle ‘Hummingbird’, an album written
after a tumultuous couple of years for the band. Simply, I can’t let you listen to ‘Colombia’ once more without understanding the
significance that it was written after the passing of lead singer Kelcey’s mother passing; it exudes a wealth of emotion that
deserves to be appreciated. You must also know that the album focuses much of its gaze on the space that the departure of bassist Andy Hamm left. It’s an album that deserves your
understanding, both your ears and just 44 minutes of your time. In return for that, Kelcey has given us 20 minutes of his, ahead of the band’s return to Latitude Festival.
We’re doing this interview ahead of your Latitude Festival appearance. On Twitter recently you said that Latitude was one of your earliest festivals and still one of your favourites – - Yeah, I think we have really fond memories of that, just being our first festival that we’d ever been to anywhere and we kind of didn’t know what to expect. It was at the end of a long week of doing shows and promo and the festival grounds were just so beautiful and green out there, and the vibe was great and the show went amazingly well. Tat always holds a really fond place in our hearts, for sure. But yeah, the line-up for this year is pretty awesome, especially on our stage; it looks like it’s gonna be pretty amazing.
I was delighted to see you returning, and it’s fair to say your name has moved up a couple of type sizes on the bill. Is that always a good indication to you that you’re going in the right direction? Yeah, yeah! It looks more right than wrong, right?! [LAUGHS] I definitely
’d just like to say first, Kelcey, I feel like I might have got more research done had I not
I DO REMEMBER THAT NIGHT [AT NAC]; I BURNT MY HAND ON A FLAMING SAMBUCCA SHOT AND HAD THIS RING ON MY HAND FOR LIKE, TWO WEEKS!
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