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Lane Moore + It Was Romance return with “Playing Records,” the lead single from their upcoming EP Final Girl, set for release on February 14, 2025, on Mint 400 Records. The track marks the band’s first new music since their self-titled 2015 debut, which earned them BUST Magazine’s “Best Band of the Year.”
The new EP finds Moore joined by bandmates Angel Lozada (drums), Ryan Ross (bass), and Lisa Bianco (lead guitar), with co-production from Grammy Award-winner Bryan Russell (Coldplay, Paul Simon, The Narrative). The result is a compelling blend of garage rock guitars, experimental percussion, and synthesizer-driven pop that serves as the backdrop for Moore’s most intimate songwriting to date.
“Playing Records” opens the EP with cautious optimism, building to a chorus where Moore declares, “And I’m starting to have a little faith, I don’t have much going on to be happy about.” Speaking about the track, Moore reflects on finding moments of hope within difficult circumstances: “It’s absolutely possible to realize everything around you is painful, except this one small thing. And to decide you’re going to go directly in the direction of that joy, even if it blows up in your face, because for right now it just feels so good to feel something remotely hopeful.”
Singer-songwriter Ted Leo praises the four-song collection, noting how it captures universal experiences: “Everyone knows Lane’s wit, but what always makes it land so well is the sincerity that undergirds it… Who among us hasn’t gone through those nights of, as the lead track talks about, ‘playing records without you?’”
Final Girl chronicles Moore’s navigation through isolation and the vulnerable process of connection, balancing moments of self-doubt and loneliness with hard-won confidence and resilience.
