There was once a time when men were not afraid to harmonise in groups with out fear of being labelled wimps or having their sexuality questioned. The Everly Brothers, Doo Wop Groups. The Four Seasons.Beach Boys, Beatles.
Then a bit of a lull. Men became men from 1966 on for the most part onward. Bared their chests and projected their testosterone at the babes in the front row. You had the Bee Gees. Then Punk. Hardly the high point of men harmonising sweetly together.
Early R.E.M. brought back some of that pure beauty back.Then twenty years or more onwards the likes of Midlake and Fleet Foxes were not afraid to lay bear their souls in the quest for beauty.
Californians Local Natives have been plying this seam for the best part of twenty years. On latest album But I'll Wait For You they revel in this fragile sensitivity and frankly it's all rather lovely.
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