Local Natives is an indie rock band based in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, USA. Their debut album, Gorilla Manor was released in the US in early 2010. The album received mostly positive reviews and debuted in the Billboard 200 and at #3 in the New Artist Chart.  Their sound has been described as "afropop-influenced guitars with hyperactive drumming and hooky three-part harmonies".  The self-funded Gorilla Manor was recorded by Raymond Richards in his own Red Rockets Glare Studio, in West Los Angeles, and was produced by Richards and the band.  Everything the band creates comes from a complete collaboration between their members, from songwriting to artwork.  Making their latest album was, “…insanely messy and there were always friends over knocking around on guitars or our thrift store piano,” said Hahn, “it was an incredible experience and I’ll never forget that time.”  The band started to attract the attention of the music press after playing nine shows at the 2009 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, where initial reviews drew favorable comparisons to Arcade Fire, Fleet Foxes and Vampire Weekend, as well as a "sort of a West Coast Grizzly Bears.  Direct attention falls on Local Natives for their harmonies, percussion and songwriting.