Natives (band)

N A T I V E S
From left to right: Jack Fairbrother, Jim Thomas, Greg Day, Andy White
Background information
Origin The New Forest, U.K.
Genres Pop Rock
Years active 2012 (2012)– present
Labels Transmission Recordings
Associated acts Not Advised
Website follownatives.com
Members
  • Andy White
  • Greg Day
  • Jack Fairbrother
  • Jim Thomas

Natives is a Tribal Pop band from The New Forest, United Kingdom. The four-piece band consists of Andy White (drums and percussion), Greg Day (bass), Jack Fairbrother (guitar, keyboards), and Jim Thomas (vocals). All members also play various percussion.

From Not Advised to Natives [2012]

The band was initially formed by Jack Fairbrother, Andy White, and Greg Day when they started jamming together at school. Jim Thomas and Ash Oliver, both originally from different bands, soon joined their group. Prior to becoming Natives, the members played together under the name Not Advised. Feeling like they needed a fresh start from their Not Advised days, they soon launched Natives. This was shortly after flying to Los Angeles to begin recording their debut full-length album with platinum-selling producer John Feldmann.[1]

Indoor War [2014]

On November 13, 2013, the band announced they had signed record and publishing deals with Transmission Recordings and Notting Hill Music.[2]

On Jan 21, 2014, Natives announced the release of their debut full length album Indoor War.[3] The album was released March 17, 2014 on Transmission Recordings.[4]

Indoor War tells the story of a character named Alvima, who suffers from a huge loss and can't deal with the pain. He then decides that he will live his life making decisions based on logic and science rather than emotions—a resolution of struggle between love and logic. The first half of the album lyrically talks about the tragic low points, where Alvima logically embraces his fate. The second half of the album talks about Alvima giving into embracing his emotions. There is a shift of balance from darkness and logic to feelings of positivity, love, and life.[5]

On Feb 22, 2014, the band performed at the 7107 Festival in the Philippines on the main stage alongside Empire of the Sun and Red Hot Chilli Peppers.[6]

On February 27, 2014, Natives officially premiered their new music video Can't Say No.[7]

Back From The Dead [2016]

On February 28, 2016, the band posted a video 'Back From The Dead' to their Facebook page. The video explained that the band had been working on new material for the past 18 months and announced the departure of Ash Oliver for personal reasons.[8]

On March 1, 2016, Natives released their first new material in almost 2 years. The track 'Chasing Lions' premiered at The 405 with the site describing it as 'Sonically Fearless'.[9] Chasing Lions received worldwide blog support and reached #4 on blog-aggregator Hype Machine's Twitter chart.[10]

An official music video followed on March 11. The video features three people communicating the lyrics to the track in different ways; one through sign language, one through interpretive dance and one through song. The band posted the video on their social media sites with the following message 'We gave Hannah, Sheldon and Tori our lyrics and through sign language, dance and song they each, in their own way, helped tell the story of Chasing Lions. Music is the one language the whole world can understand.'[11]

Critical Reception

Chasing Lions received positive reviews.

The 405 called the band "Sonically Fearless"[12]

Vinyl Noise said "Marimba like notes and euphoric harmonies create that summer glow, this really is a big tune."[13]

Popped Music posted that "Some songs just have impact on the first listen and Natives' first track in over a year, Chasing Lions, has had just that."[14]

Indoor War received positive reviews.

HMV commented: "This is pure, unadulterated, unconcerned pop-rock. The choruses are the size of small countries; the melodies are smooth as freshly woven silk and the production is clean, as you like. Think early Jimmy Eat World, vintage Taking Back Sunday, Bruce Springsteen when he really goes for it, all mixed up with some Oasis-style huge production.

'[15]

Rock Sound praised the band for treading new ground within the pop-rock genre “Indoor War pushes Natives beyond pop rock and into something genuinely intriguing.”[16]

Kerrang called the album “Huge 30 Seconds To Mars Esq, heartening, oh-so-clean-cut pop rock. A victory for Natives” but commented that “the south coast quintet sound a little unsure of themselves at times on Indoor War. But that’s mostly because they’ve based the lyrics on a story about a fictional character, Alvima, who overcomes a huge loss”.[17]

Discography

Year Title Release date Label
2016 Chasing Lions - Single March 18, 2016 The Santi Collective
2014 The Horizon - EP October 10, 2014 Transmission Recordings
2014 Ghost - Single May 25, 2014 Transmission Recordings
2014 Can't Say No - Single March 7, 2014 Transmission Recordings
2014 Indoor War March 17, 2014 Transmission Recordings
2013 Going in Alone - EP December 17, 2013 Transmission Recordings
Stand for Something - EP May 26, 2013 HiTone Music
2012 This Island - EP June 26, 2012 HiTone Music

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Natives.

References

  1. ↑ "THE END OF NOT ADVISED?". Rocksound.tv. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  2. ↑ "Natives Sign With Transmission Recordings / Notting Hill Music". rocksound.tv. 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  3. ↑ "Natives Announce Debut Album". @follownatives. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  4. ↑ "Pre-order your copy now". pledgemusic.com. 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  5. ↑ "Natives Announce The Release Of Their Debut Album, 'Indoor War' On March 17th 2014". contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  6. ↑ "7107 Stage Times". 7107. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  7. ↑ "Can't Say No MV". NativesVEVO. 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  8. ↑ "Back From The Dead".
  9. ↑ http://thefourohfive.com. "NATIVES are sonically fearless on new single 'Chasing Lions' [405 Premiere]". The 405. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  10. ↑ "Natives on Instagram: "Great to see Chasing Lions hit #4 on the @hypem chart last week. Thanks to all who've supported the track so far."". Instagram. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  11. ↑ "Natives - We gave Hannah, Sheldon and Tori our lyrics and... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  12. ↑ http://thefourohfive.com. "NATIVES are sonically fearless on new single 'Chasing Lions' [405 Premiere]". The 405. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  13. ↑ "TRACK REVIEW: Chasing Lions // Natives - Vinyl Noise". Vinyl Noise. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  14. ↑ Says, Hosting. "Just Listen: Natives – Chasing Lions". poppedmusic. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  15. ↑ "HMV 'Ones To Watch' Article". hmv.com. 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
  16. ↑ "Rock Sound Indoor War Review". 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
  17. ↑ "Kerrang! Indoor War Review". 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
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