Kevin Bronson on June 27th, 2023

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What is this “Paradise” of which you speak, Local Natives? Can we find it on Google Maps? Does it come in the form of a pill? Is it something we can achieve through some meditation routine?

No, it is merely the hope and kindness one embraces in spite of everything. And the veteran Los Angeles quintet gives it melody, harmony and words on their song “Paradise,” the closer — or grand finale, considering how it builds from a tremulous beginning to a certain majesty — on their new album “Time Will Wait for No One.”

Made with producers John Congleton, Michael Harris and Danny Reisch, the album, Local Natives’ fifth, is out July 7. The band will celebrate in mid-July with a series of performances at Southern California record shops.

“‘Paradise’ deals with the reckoning after intense loss,” says the band’s Kelcey Ayer. “The person in the song brings flowers over to someone’s house to help console them while they’re going through a disastrous event that’s still occurring. My wife and I suffered two losses while trying to have a baby over the last couple years. At the same time California was being ravaged by wildfires. It felt like the world was coming apart. This song definitely helped me process that pain.”

“Paradise” was preceded by a series of strong singles, especially “Just Before the Morning” and “NYE.”

||| Stream: “Paradise”

||| Live: Local Natives are doing four in-store performances at SoCal record shops: July 11 at Amoeba in Hollywood; July 12 at Fingerprints in Long Beach; July 13 at Salzer’s in Ventura; and July 15 at Lou’s Records in Encinitas. Their Aug. 1 and 2 shows at the Ford (celebrating the anniversary of “Hummingbird”) are sold out.

||| Previously: “NYE,” “Just Before the Morning,” “Desert Snow” / “Hourglass,” “Lemon” (feat. Sharon Van Etten), “Statues in the Garden (Aras),” Quarantunes, live at the Palladium, live at the Masonic Lodge, “Tap Dancer,” “When Am I Gonna Lose You,” “Café Amarillo,” live at Coachella 2017, live at the Fox Theater, interview (2016), surprise rooftop show (2016), “Sunlit Youth” (album), Live in Silverlake, “Villainy,” Live at Hollywood Forever, “Past Lives,” Live at the Way Over Yonder Festival, Live at the Greek Theatre, “You & I,” Live at Coachella (2013), “Heavy Feet,” “Breakers (Superhumanoids remix),” “Hummingbird,” “Breakers” (video), Live at the Satellite, “Breakers” (stream), Live at the Disney Hall, “Wide Eyes (remix),” “World News,” Live at Coachella (2010), “Airplanes,” Live at the El Rey, Live at Spaceland – residency, Interview, Ears Wide Open