Sunlit Youth
2016 studio album by Local Natives
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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]
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| Released | September 9, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2014–2016 in Thailand, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Hawaii, and Ojai, California | |||
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| Length | 45:26 | |||
| Labels | Loma Vista (US) Infectious Music (UK/Japan) Hostess (Japan) | |||
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Background
Sunlit Youth was recorded between 2014 and 2016 in Thailand, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Hawaii, and Ojai, California.
Release
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
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100[6] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [7] |
| Consequence of Sound | B−[8] |
| DIY | [9] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[10] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10[11] |
| The Observer | [12] |
| Pitchfork | 6.3/10[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
All tracks are written by Local Natives.
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Villainy" |
| 3:43 |
| 2. | "Past Lives" |
| 3:43 |
| 3. | "Dark Days" (featuring Nina Persson) |
| 3:01 |
| 4. | "Fountain of Youth" |
| 3:53 |
| 5. | "Masters" |
| 4:24 |
| 6. | "Jellyfish" (featuring Moses Sumney) |
| 2:50 |
| 7. | "Coins" |
| 3:58 |
| 8. | "Mother Emanuel" |
| 3:44 |
| 9. | "Ellie Alice" |
| 2:56 |
| 10. | "Psycho Lovers" |
| 3:54 |
| 11. | "Everything All at Once" | 4:10 | |
| 12. | "Sea of Years" |
| 5:10 |
| Total length: | 45:26 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | "Fountain of Youth" (Rooftop Version) |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sunlit Youth.[15]
- Local Natives
- Taylor Rice – performer
- Kelcey Ayer – performer
- Ryan Hahn – performer
- Matt Frazier – performer
- Nik Ewing – performer
- Additional personnel
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Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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| 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 |