Other Lives

Kelcey Ayer is a Colombian-American artist based in Los Angeles. In 2024, after spending 20 years as a co-founder/singer/songwriter of indie-rock veterans Local Natives, in addition to his brooding side-project Jaws of Love., he decided to walk away from both projects to embrace something new. For years Ayer felt split down the middle between these two projects, but once his son was born in early 2023, everything changed. The experience of becoming a father seems to have stitched these two sides of Ayer into one whole, new person. The result is Ayer’s first two EP’s under his given name entitled No Sleep and Hand Me Downs, both self-engineered and self-produced in his home studio in east LA, and released in 2025. From the passing down of stories to his newborn son about dead neighborhood dogs, to the sleepless mania every new parent shockingly discovers, both EPs cover the horrifying realities, minuscule details, and daily bursts of endless love that come with fatherhood. Ayer is currently finishing his first solo debut record under his own name. 2424 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60614 (773) 525-2501