Hot off the heels of an impressive year that included over 100 shows across the U.S. — with multiple headline sell-outs and festival appearances — Irish alt-country stalwart Podge Lane has announced the release of his fourth album, Less Of Me, arriving October 17 via Teip Records. Alongside the announcement, Lane has shared the record’s third single, “Honesty”.
Following the release of the summertime roots rocker “Heatwave” and the intimate breakup ballad “Let Me Ask You,”“Honesty” is a heartbreakingly bare country song that explores the struggle of self-help and the difficulty of being truly transparent in the face of change. From the opening drumbeat that chugs beneath an infectious guitar riff, the song lulls you into a false sense of comfort — before stopping you in your tracks with its brutal opening refrain:
“Honesty taught me how to lie. Honesty made me cry.
Honesty lost me in the end, honesty is foe and friend.”
Written early in the album’s process — during a spontaneous fit of creativity in a park in Georgia — the track maintains a raw, minimal arrangement that reflects its humble origins.
“It’s a song that doesn’t need flash — no solo, no horns,” Lane explains. “It tells you how I feel about honesty: the good, the bad, the contradictions, and the brutal facts, all in less than three minutes.”
The nine-track album, recorded in New York over a two-week period during the summer, is a deeply personal reflection on Lane’s six-month journey across the U.S. — the people he met, the stories he heard, and the self-actualisation he experienced along the way.
“After I finished my last album, Multiple Dead Ends, I just felt burnt out,” Lane recalls. “It was such a daunting task to write a whole record about my own insecurities and fears, that by the time I was done, I wanted to create something as far away from that narrative as possible.
So I moved to the U.S. and played every show imaginable — dive bars, outdoor venues, festival tents, opening slots — to rediscover why I loved music. What came out of it was this album: a snapshot of my travels, and everything I learned about others and myself along the way.”
Lane continues his U.S. journey with multiple upcoming dates in New York as part of the “Gecko Tour,” with Irish and U.K. shows set to follow in early 2026.