Kelly Moran Announces New Album "Don't Trust Mirrors" - out 1 October
Today acclaimed pianist and composer Kelly Moran announces plans to release a bold, propulsive new album via Warp Records titled Don’t Trust Mirrors, due for digital release on October 1st, 2025. The announcement comes just before the start of Moran’s first-ever U.S. Tour, where CD copies of the album will be exclusively available, with a wide physical release to follow.
Don’t Trust Mirrors caps off one of the most transformative periods of Kelly Moran’s musical life. In 2019, her career was defined by extensive touring and festival dates — waking up early to play her sets, and staying late to dance to techno. The experience of staying out and absorbing this environment generated a new connection between herself & the music she was making, inspiring her to work on a more rhythmic followup to her 2018 Warp Records debut Ultraviolet.
But an unexpected and personal shift in her life, along with a halted tour during the pandemic, changed the course of the project. Her self-perception altered — both physically and emotionally — as well as her path, presenting a new creative process. This led to 2024’s Moves in the Field, which The New York Times called “a softhearted but steel-skinned set of 10 piano pieces that are as rapturous as a waterfall or as delicate as vapor.”
Setting itself apart from her last release, Don’t Trust Mirrors is a pivotal return to a project that was put on hold and to self-actualization, showcasing the experience of observing yourself through distortion, reflection, and the slow work of piecing yourself back together again. The album features Warp Records labelmate Bibio, and comprises 10 tracks of magnificent textural refractions — reflecting light, hard edges, and the full spectrum of embracing true embodiment.
The announcement is accompanied by the release of new single “Echo in the Field,” which opens the album, and comes with a mesmerizing, kinetic video directed by Katharine Antoun.
Kelly Moran - Confirmed Tour Dates
- September 6 - Solar Myth (Philadelphia, PA)
- September 8 - Goat Farm (Atlanta, GA)
- September 10 - Sun-Ray Cinema (Tampa, FL)
- September 18 - Holocene (Portland, OR)
- September 22 - Zebulon (Los Angeles, CA)
- September 25 - Gray Area (San Francisco, CA)
- September 28 - Talk Low Festival (Cincinnati, OH)
- October 4 - Chania Music Festival (Crete, Greece)
- October 6 - Jassmine (Warsaw, Poland)
- October 8 - St Luke’s (Glasgow, UK)
- October 9 - Arts Centre (Newcastle, UK)
- October 10 - Belgrave Music Hall (Leeds, UK)
- November 2 - Ekko Festival (Bergen, Norway)
- November 6 - Roulette (Brooklyn, NY)
- February 4 - Eglise Des Dominicains (Brussels, Belgium)
- February 5 - Cafe Oto (London, UK)
- February 6 - Cafe Oto (London, UK)
- February 8 - La Station (Paris, France)
- February 10 - Silent Green (Berlin, Germany)
- February 12 - De Doelen (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
- February 13 - Antigen Festival (Geneva, Switzerland)
- February 14 - Braga, Portugal
- February 15 - Inkonst (Malmö, Sweden)
- February 17 - SOUP, Manchester UK
More on Kelly Moran:
An accomplished and highly sought-after composer, Kelly Moran has collaborated with artists the likes of Oneohtrix Point Never as part of his touring ensemble for 2018 album Age Of, as well as singer and composer FKA Twigs' live ensemble. Moran has also composed for classical musician Margaret Leng Tan and worked with other visionary contemporaries like Kelsey Lu and Yves Tumor. As a solo artist, Moran's critically acclaimed albums, Bloodroot (2017), Ultraviolet (2018), and Moves in the Field (2024), have explored a variety of extended piano techniques like John Cage-inspired prepared piano and exercises in improvisation. Her unique strand of experimental piano compositions, which conjure hypnotizing textures and dramatic compositional arcs, have been included on year-end lists across classical, avant-garde, electronic, and metal genres.
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