October 17, 2025 - Rising alt-country star Podge Lane returns with his fourth album Less Of Me, via Teip Records. Following the release of his rock concept album Multiple Dead Ends and subsequent European headline tour, Lane, ever the wildcard, chose to uproot not only his writing style and sound but his continent too. 

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Moving to the US from Ireland in March, Lane set out with the goal of writing songs based on his travels. This change set in motion Lane’s busiest performance calendar to date with the troubadour playing over 100 shows in 7 months. Throughout each performance, Lane debuted new songs and saw the album grow naturally from audience feedback, creating an aural postcard of a writer’s journey. 

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10 songs emerged over 3 months of exploring the American South, which were then recorded over a week in various makeshift studios amidst the New York City heatwave. 

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Less Of Me can be taken literally and as an oxymoron, as he reflects; 

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This album is everything I’ve seen in these last few months of travelling reflected back showing a different version of what I thought I was gonna see, like a carnival mirror. Some things were prettier than I had hoped, some more painful than I expected. Ironically it’s the most open I’ve been about my own struggles, because I stopped thinking about myself. I just wrote songs to tell stories. Unabashedly, I put the song 1st and the kick drum 45th. Through it I answered my own questions, and saw the person I am, or the people I could become. Hopefully, if you need it you can find some answers in these songs. 

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Lane strikes a tempered balance between influence and innovation. Drawing on the classic heartland rock and world building of Bruce Springsteen and John Prine, Lane captures the chaos of a wild roadtrip through the high energies of “Heatwave” and “Kicking Up Dust”. In contrast, moments gleam the modern unvarnished roots and vulnerability of a Zach Bryan or Sierra Ferrell through character driven cuts such as “Let Me Ask You” and “Broken Door”. 

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Bolstered by his expansive “Gecko Tour”, featuring performances at folk music staples like Pete’s Candy Store, The Bitter End and Big City Folk, along with the early singles receiving praise from RTÉ, Hot Press, Golden Plec, American Songwriter Magazine, The Grateful Web and Maverick Magazine, Less Of Me leaves Lane bruised, battered and a little better for the journey. It’s a collection of lives lived, shows played, streets discovered and lessons learned, that captures the grit and heart of a songwriter coming into his own.

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Track List:

 

Kicking Up Dust

Broken Door

Honesty

Intro to Story

The Story

Heatwave

January 2nd

Oh To Be Alive 

Let Me Ask You 

Kerosene Lighters And Fireflies

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