After churning out two albums over the course of two years with his band Local Natives, Nik Ewing is kicking back this fall with a more subdued solo release under his solo moniker, Chewing. The forthcoming Songs for Linnéa will be a collection of piano ballads inspired by and dedicated to his titular daughter. “When my first child was born, I played piano for her almost daily,” he shared with us last month upon the announcement of his second LP. “This album is for her, to have a document of the music from the beginning of her life.”
Leading up to the album’s release, Ewing, joined by friend and musician Tam Visher, brought a few of the album’s tracks to Glendale Galleria for an on-location “Neighborhoods” performance of piano duets at the local mall. After performing a stirring rendition of “Morning After the Greek,” though, they were kindly asked to leave, leading them to what appears to be a public-use, out-of-tune set of keys outside of the Americana on which they played an equally lovely version of Ewing’s cover of The Beatles’ “She Loves You.”
Check out the footage shot by Jonathan Chu (say it with me: Not that Jon Chu) below, and grab tickets to Chewing’s upcoming guest-filled solo set at Lodge Room here.
