Local Natives’ Kelcey Ayer drops solo project ‘Tasha Sits Close to the Piano’

Local Natives’ songwriter, vocalist and pianist Kelcey Ayer drops ‘Tasha Sits Close to the Piano’, his solo debut as Jaws of Love. via K-Rizzla/House Arrest.

Jaws of Love. is ready to announce a string of UK and EU dates, culminating with a headline show at London’s Moth Club on 1st February 2018, the tour will see hotly tipped Metro ‘Artist of The Week’ multi-instrumentalist Daniel Alexander as opening act.

The first solo project born out of the acclaimed Los Angeles band, sees Ayer hone in on his master craft: the emotive piano ballad as highlighted on the five-piece critically acclaimed second album ‘Hummingbird’. Kelcey Ayer, the creative force behind Jaws of Love., has always been an ace at writing a good love song - he just didn’t always know it. 

“I used to think that to write about love, something had to be wrong”, he says. “I often got my material from pain, or insecurity, or problems - I thought I couldn’t write a good love song because I am in love and it’s going so well. But I’ve grown to realise that even in the most amazing relationships there are turbulent. The idea of ‘jaws of love’ felt so perfect for this project because it’s all about love’s trials and tribulations.”

2018 EU/EUK TOUR DATES: 27.01 PRACHTWERK, BERLIN, GERMANY - 29.01 BITTERZOET, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND – 30.01 NEST, GENT, BELGIUM – 31.01 LE POP-UP DU LABEL, PARIS, FRANCE – 01.02 MOTH CLUB, LONDON, UK