Hummingbird

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Hummingbird
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New!: $7.99 (as of 01/29/2013 09:20 PST)
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Alternative Rock

Much has happened between the band's critically-acclaimed album Gorilla Manor and the imminent release of Hummingbird. From rave reviews to brilliant television performances, Gorilla Manor launched the band onto the global stage, saw them headlining theaters throughout America and Europe, opening for bands like Arcade Fire and The National, and winning them lauded slots at major festivals around the world. Upon their return home from the road, the band built out a rehearsal space and studio in an abandoned bungalow in Silverlake, allowing them to write and experiment extensively with new sounds and arrangements.

The band says Hummingbird was created from the emotional framework of being stretched between two opposite poles. In the two years following Gorilla Manor's release, the band saw the highest highs and the lowest lows they had ever experienced together. While many of their wildest musical ambitions were coming to fruition, personal relationships faltered or fell apart, and a close family member suddenly passed away.

Shining opener ''You & I'' is the album's calling card, bathing synthetic drums in warm organs and surfy guitars, and the band's signature sky-high harmonies. ''Heavy Feet'' marries hand claps and sparse chords with a driving snare and one of the most remarkable choruses on the album. ''Colombia,'' written for a member's mother who passed away unexpectedly last year, is the album's swollen heart moment, a love letter from a son to a parent which grows in beautiful, orchestral complexity around a simple, plaintive chorus. Like all of Hummingbird, the song carries with it not just a melodic richness, but a quality of catharsis and grace -- a moment to be examined and ultimately enjoyed.

• Rank: #59 in Music
• Released on: 2013-01-29
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25" h x 5.75" w x 5.00" l, .14 pounds