Los Angeles rockers Local Natives approached the recording of their recently released album, “Hummingbird,” in an almost fearless manner.

Sure, plenty of bands that have successful debuts — as did Local Natives with the release of “Gorilla Manor” — worry about a sophomore slump. But coming off tours with Arcade Fire and the National, plus selling more than 100,000 albums just in the U.S., just made Local Natives hungry to show fans what else they could offer.