Original Music by Squirrel Friend

This Is My City
2022
Songs inspired by the sounds of my city and the creatures living in it.
David Nakabayashi: keyboard; mandolin; sounds.

Dead Tree by Squirrel Friend — Dead Tree *by Squirrel Friend*

Dead Tree
2021
Just like a dying tree feeds the forest with nutrients the isolation of the pandemic has seeded the creative community for explosive growth. I see it all around me in the streets of New York, between the people I know and love and between strangers suddenly able to see one another.
David Nakabayashi: keyboard; guitar; sounds.

Pandemic Songs by Squirrel Friend — Pandemic Songs *by Squirrel Friend*

Pandemic Songs
2020
Songs about memories, dreams and dread in a Brooklyn apartment during the 2020 American Pandemic.
David Nakabayashi: keyboard; guitar; vocals.
Jenni Lukasiewicz: vocal on “Dead Pony”

Ice Ladder by Squirrel Friend — Ice Ladder *by Squirrel Friend*

Ice Ladder
2020
Music is inspired by looking at trees, by leaving them behind and by returning to them from far away.
David Nakabayashi: keyboard; guitar; mandolin.

Swan Work by Squirrel Friend — Swan Work *by Squirrel Friend*

Swan Work
2019
Music is inspired by Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York. Nature thrives, plants grow and die and people wander through the green and blue breathing new oxygen.
David Nakabayashi: keyboard; guitar.

Squirrel Friend by Squirrel Friend — Squirrel Friend *by Squirrel Friend*

Squirrel Friend
2018
Music inspired by original compositions from the 1990’s, augmented by decades of artmaking, wandering and observing.
David Nakabayashi: keyboard; guitar; mandolin; recorder; voice.