For over 15 years, with his heart on his sleeve, Mike Evin has been writing immediate and disarming piano pop songs with adventurous melodies that live inside you. Joyful new single, “Dancing To Sir Duke,” encapsulates the wide-eyed spirit of his music and comes in tandem with the announcement of his 7th album, Something Stirs When You Sing, out August 23rd. 

Produced by Chris Stringer (Timber Timbre, Abigail Lapell), “Dancing To Sir Duke” is vibrant, soul-infused and chock full of handclaps and doo-wop vocals. The song is inspired by his childhood days discovering music on his Fisher Price record player. 

I’m a big fan of using an evocative title as a starting point for writing a song. This title felt like it could be a painting or photograph. The chorus came pretty quickly, and it felt amazing – I knew I had something. But it took a year for the rest of the song to reveal itself to me. I had many versions on the go. It took a lot of patience to wait and get the song boiled down to its essence.