JAWS OF LOVE. (Local Natives' Kelcey Ayer) Shares First New Music of 2020

LOCAL NATIVES’ KELCEY AYER.  SHARES FIRST NEW MUSIC IN 2020 AS JAWS OF LOVE. Listen to “m&m” HERE

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Previous praise for Jaws of Love.: "the album finds Ayer's darker thoughts at the center of a mix of R&B grooves, moody electro-gospel, melodic folk" - Noisey "floaty indie-rock grandeur." - Stereogum “this vulnerability is absolute, like the emotion that floods Jaws of Love.’s record...Tasha sees intricate cries from piano keys and atmospheric synthesizers like the whirling soundscape of a marriage and all its melancholic moments and illuminated specialties, featuring lyrics like a memoir of the delicate, inner fabrics of Ayer’s homelife.” - Billboard “[‘Love Me Like I’m Gone’] is calm and wistful, with Ayer’s vocals fitting nicely over an acoustic guitar, and we can’t help but imagine what the song will sound like in an intimate live setting.” - Paste "['Jaws of Love.'] begins as a simple, lilting piano ballad, but across its five-minute span it evolves to become a much more muscular indie-rock beast." - DIY

Kelcey Ayer has been creating music as a vocalist, pianist and one of the primary songwriters for Local Natives for more than decade, and he released his stunning solo debut, Tasha Sits Close To The Piano, as Jaws of Love. in 2017. Today, he returns to the project that he once called his “truest self” and releases his first single as Jaws of Love. His first new music in 2020. “‘m&m’ is a story about two high school friends going to colleges on different coasts having a last-minute hang, where one flies from the west coast to NYC,” Ayer explains. “It's loosely based on a trip I took myself during my college days to meet up with a friend. Neither person can fully comprehend how special their friendship is nor how precious their time is together until both have faded away. While it was some of the best days of their lives, it also marks the beginning of the end of their friendship.” Listen to the song now HERE.    Jaws of Love. - a.k.a. Kelcey Ayer - released his solo debut Tasha Sits Close to the Piano in 2017 via K-Rizzla/House Arrest. The first solo project born out of LA-based band Local Natives, Jaws of Love. sees Ayer hone in on his master craft: the emotive piano ballad as highlighted on the band’s critically acclaimed second album Hummingbird. Purchase the album now HERE.