Local Natives have returned with two new songs: ‘Desert Snow’ and ‘Hourglass’. They mark the Los Angeles band’s first original material since 2020’s Sour Lemon EP. The double-A single arrives alongside the announcement of their first tour in 3 years, which kicks off July 29 at Osheaga Music & Arts Festival. Check out the tracks and find the full list of dates below.
“After the heartbreak and insanity of the past few years, when we finally got together to make music again, these songs reconnected and reignited us,” Local Natives commented in a statement. Of ‘Hourglass’, they added:
It explores the difficulty of feeling divided and isolated from the people we love while knowing the time we have with them is finite, and contains some of our favorite LN lyrics:
What I know now I didn’t then /
I know you wish I could forget
We’re drawing lines in the sand /
inside an hourglass
This music got us through some really difficult times and reminded us how much joy we get out of playing music together. We couldn’t be more excited to share these songs and play them live on our first tour in two years!
Last year, Local Natives shared a covers EP featuring their take on songs by Roxy Music, Gerry Rafferty, Michael McDonald, and 10cc.
Local Natives 2022 Tour Dates:
Jul 29 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
Jul 31 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
Aug 1 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Aug 3 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
Aug 4 – Ogden, UT – Ogden Twilight
Aug 5-7 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
Aug 9 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theater
Aug 12 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Aug 13 – Bellevue, NE – Outlandia Music Festival
Aug 14 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Jones Assembly
Aug 15 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Aug 16 – Austin, TX – ACL Live
Aug 18 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
Aug 19 – Birmingham, AL – Iron City Bham
Aug 20 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
Aug 22 – Wilmington, NC – Greenfield Lake Amphitheater
Aug 23 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
Aug 24 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
Aug 26 – New York, NY – Pier 17
Aug 27 – Boston, MA – House of Blues