Jaws of Love, the solo project of Kelcey Ayer (of Local Natives), will release their sophomore album, “Second Life,” in November. The songwriter goes through some ups and downs in the video for “5 Years,” co-directed by his wife.
Jaws of Love, the solo project of Local Natives’ Kelcey Ayer, will release the new EP “Patricia” on May 25. It’s named for and dedicated to the memory of his late mother, memorialized in the title track.
In today’s singles roundup, we highlight music from solo projects: Guy Blakeslee (of the Entrance Band); Trevor Beld Jimenez (Parting Lines); and Jaws of Love (Kelcey Ayer of Local Natives).
Also on Wednesday: Grace Mitchell, Cheap Tissue, Eric McFadden, Avatar, Animals as Leaders, Tough Age, Rainstorm Brother, Retch, Yngwie Malmsteen, A$AP Rocky
Incoming: Night on Broadway, Van William, Lauren Ruth Ward, Two Feet, Jen Cloher, the Secret Sisters, Giraffage, Grace Mitchell, Cheap Tissue, Jaws of Love, A$AP Rocky, the Wombats, DVSN, Bahamas, August Burns Red, BOYO, Black Adidas, Converge, Hippo Campus, Boy George, Ty Segall, the Mynabirds, Avi Buffalo, KNOWER, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Lawrence Rothman, Piebald, Joe Purdy & Amber Rubarth, Adolescents, Omar Apollo
Incoming: Music Tastes Good, Mondo Cozmo, Bleachers, Paramore, Banks, Black Kids, Perfume Genius, Bonobo, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Grizzly Bear, Facial, The xx, Kali Uchis, Interpol, Battles, Chelsea Wolfe, the Shins, Television, Lauren Ruth Ward, Happy Hollows, Ride, Haunted Summer, Imagine Dragons, Robyn Hitchcock, Nosaj Thing
Also on Thursday: Chicano Batman, Macklemore, Jaws of Love, Goldlink, Torey Lanez, Stephen Kellogg, Cobra Man, Charlotte Dos Santos, Black Dice, Skylar Spence, Magic Wands, Fire Chief Charlie, Ruth B, Los Amigos Invisibles
Incoming: Explosions in the Sky, New Order, Future Islands, RAC, Harry Styles, Zola Jesus, Glass Animals, Kevin Morby, Macklemore, Jaws of Love, Goldlink, Chicano Batman, the Bronx, TOKiMONSTA, Desert Stars Festival, Deerhoof, Milky Chance, Andrew Belle, Beach House, Jimmy Eat World, Fleet Foxes, Dan Croll, Kasabian, Solange, Ben Folds, Swervedriver
Kelcey Ayer (of Local Natives) releases his debut as Jaws of Love next week. He chats with us about the album’s namesake, Tasha, feeling alone and being “self-constructive.”
“Tasha Sits Close to the Piano” — the first album from Jaws of Love, the solo project of Local Natives’ Kelcey Ayer — will be out in September. Ayer plays the Masonic Lodge on Sept. 21.
