Sunlit Youth Explained

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

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

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".

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sunlit Youth.^[6]

Local Natives

• Taylor Rice – performer
• Kelcey Ayer – performer
• Ryan Hahn – performer
• Matt Frazier – performer
• Nik Ewing – performer

Additional personnel

• Local Natives – production
• Brian Joseph – production (1-3, 5–8, 10, 12), recording (1-7, 10-12)
• Rob Kirwan – production (4), recording (4, 8)
• Catherine Marks – production (5), recording (5)
• Little Dragon – production (6)
• Ryan Hahn – production (6, 9), recording (6, 9)
• Lars Stalfors – production (10), recording (10)
• Michael Harris – recording (1-4, 7-9)
• Shawn Everett – recording (1-3, 7, 10, 11), mixing (11)
• Dave Gaumé – recording (2, 8, 12)

• Rouble Kapoor – recording (12)
• Craig Silvey – mixing (1-5, 7, 8, 10, 12)
• Eduardo de la Paz – mixing (6, 9)
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Brian Roettinger – art direction, photography
• Evan McQuaid – photography
• Taylor Giali – design assistance
• Ryan Whalley – artists and repertoire (A&R)
• Phil Costello – artist management

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Natives Announce New Album Sunlit Youth, World Tour . . Matthew . Strauss . 2016-06-07 . 2016-09-19.
2. Web site: Local Natives Return with New Song "Past Lives:" Listen . . Zoe . Camp . 2016-04-29 . 2016-09-19.
3. Local Natives premiere new song "Villainy" — listen . . Michelle . Geslani . 2016-06-06 . 2016-09-19.
4. Local Natives Release Lyric Video for New Song, "Fountain of Youth" . . Taylor . Ysteboe . 2016-07-07 . 2016-09-19.
5. Listen: Local Natives - "Coins" . . Christopher . Roberts . 2016-08-26 . 2016-09-19.
6. Sunlit Youth . LP liner notes . . . 2016 . LVR00015.