Time Will Wait for No One

Local Natives worked on the album while they were enduring a "time of metamorphosis" as individuals.{{Cite press release |title=Local Natives Announce Fifth Studio Album Time Will Wait for No One Out July 7 via Loma Vista Recordings |publisher=Concord Music Group |url=https://concord.com/news/local-natives-announce-fifth-studio-album-time-will-wait-for-no-one-out-july-7-via-loma-vista-recordings/ |access-date=June 26, 2023}} On August 14, 2021, as they were halfway through creating their fifth album, the band performed at Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Their first live performance in almost two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the band called it "one of the most emotional concerts of our lives". It occurred as members were confronting parenthood, isolation, loss, and identity crisis. After the performance, the band felt unsure of their future and were "on the verge of a collapse".{{cite web|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2021/05/17/los-angeles/local-natives-bring-music-back-to-the-greek-theatre-8-14-21/|title=Local Natives Bring Music Back to The Greek Theatre 8/14/21|last=Tel-Oren|first=Ilana|date=May 17, 2021|website=music.mxdwn.com|access-date=July 25, 2023}}{{cite magazine|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=May 10, 2023|title=Local Natives Detail New LP 'Time Will Wait For No One'|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/local-natives-detail-new-lp-time-will-wait-for-no-one/|magazine=Clash|access-date=July 25, 2023}} Experiencing their longest separation since they formed, the members were forced to redefine how to work together again. They worked toward developing deeper trust and honesty. As a result, the band found themselves in a prolific period where they wrote more music than they ever have before.{{cite magazine|last=Wollen|first=Miranda|date=July 6, 2023|title=Local Natives, Back From the Brink|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/local-natives/time-will-wait-for-no-one-interview|magazine=Paste|access-date=July 25, 2023}} The album was recorded with producers John Congleton, Michael Harris and Danny Reisch.{{cite magazine|last=Redfern|first=Mark|date=July 7, 2023|title=Local Natives – Stream the New Album "Time Will Wait For No One"|url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/local_natives_stream_the_new_album_time_will_wait_for_no_one|magazine=Under the Radar|access-date=July 25, 2023}}

The band released the double single A-side single "Desert Snow" and "Hourglass" on July 22, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2193774/local-natives-desert-snow-hourglass/music/|title=Local Natives – "Desert Snow" & "Hourglass"|last=Brodsky|first=Rachel|date=July 22, 2022|website=Stereogum|access-date=July 25, 2023}} "Just Before the Morning" was released on October 12, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2202323/local-natives-just-before-the-morning/music/|title=Local Natives – "Just Before The Morning"|last=Brodsky|first=Rachel|date=October 12, 2022|website=Stereogum|access-date=July 25, 2023}} The album's lead single, "NYE", was released simultaneously with the album announcement on May 9, 2023.{{cite web |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=Local Natives Announce New Album and Tour, Share Video for New Song "NYE" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/local-natives-announce-new-album-and-tour-share-video-for-new-song-nye-watch/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=June 26, 2023 |date=May 9, 2023}} "Paradise" was released as the final single on June 27, 2023.{{cite magazine|last=Carter|first=Daisy|date=June 27, 2023|title=Local Natives announce new single 'Paradise'|url=https://diymag.com/news/local-natives-announce-new-single-paradise|magazine=DIY|access-date=July 25, 2023}} Time Will Wait for No One was released by Loma Vista on July 7, 2023.

{{Music ratings

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| rev2 = Clash

| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/local-natives-time-will-wait-for-no-one/|title=Local Natives – Time Will Wait For No One|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=July 6, 2023|website=Clash|access-date=July 15, 2023}}

| rev3 = The Line of Best Fit

| rev3score = 9/10{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/local-natives-time-will-wait-for-no-one-complex-immersive|title=Time Will Wait For No One is a complex, immersive record from masters of hi-fi indie perfection Local Natives|last=Howieson|first=Craig|date=July 6, 2023|website=The Line of Best Fit|access-date=July 15, 2023}}

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Writing for AllMusic, Matt Collar rated the album four out of five stars and wrote that the album's sound evoked "the sultry, post-hippie soul and soft rock of artists like Boz Scaggs and Robbie Dupree" with "a contemporary edge".

{{track listing

| headline = Time Will Wait for No One track listing

| total_length = 34:09

| all_lyrics = Kelcey Ayer, Ryan Hahn, and Taylor Rice, except "Hourglass" written by Ayer, Hahn, Rice, Nik Ewing, and Matthew Frazier

| all_music = Ayer, Ewing, Hahn, Frazier, and Rice

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Time Will Wait for No One

| extra1 = {{hlist|John Congleton|Local Natives}}

| length1 = 1:12

| title2 = Just Before the Morning

| extra2 = {{hlist|Local Natives|Michael Harris|Danny Reisch{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length2 = 3:34

| title3 = Empty Mansions

| extra3 = {{hlist|Congleton|Local Natives}}

| length3 = 3:25

| title4 = Desert Snow

| extra4 = Harris

| length4 = 3:35

| title5 = Paper Lanterns

| extra5 = {{hlist|Congleton|Local Natives}}

| length5 = 3:51

| title6 = Featherweight

| extra6 = {{hlist|Congleton|Local Natives}}

| length6 = 3:34

| title7 = Hourglass

| extra7 = Congleton

| length7 = 3:57

| title8 = Ava

| extra8 = {{hlist|Congleton|Local Natives}}

| length8 = 3:57

| title9 = NYE

| extra9 = {{hlist|Local Natives|Harris|Reisch}}

| length9 = 3:10

| title10 = Paradise

| extra10 = {{hlist|Congleton|Local Natives}}

| length10 = 3:54

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Note

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Local Natives

• Kelcey Ayer – vocals, keyboards (all tracks); bass guitar (track 4)
• Nik Ewing – bass guitar, keyboards
• Matthew Frazier – drums (all tracks), percussion (4)
• Ryan Hahn – vocals, guitar
• Taylor Rice – vocals, guitar

Technical

• Ruairi O'Flaherty – mastering (1–3, 5, 6, 8–10)
• Greg Calbi – mastering (4, 7)
• John Congleton – mixing, engineering (1, 3, 5, 6–8, 10)
• Lars Stalfors – mixing (2)
• Danny Reisch – mixing (4, 9), engineering (2, 9)
• Chris Sorem – engineering (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10)
• Shawn Cook – engineering (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10)
• Michael Harris – engineering (2, 4, 9)
• Jimmy Dixon – engineering (2)

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