Kelly Moran – Don’t Trust Mirrors
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 shares: “Few things in this world terrify me more than the idea of me dancing in a music video. I wanted to address that fear head on because this is the first track I’ve written that makes me want to get up to dance, headbang, and generally lose my shit. I collaborated with choreographer Juri Onuki (Caroline Polachek, Blood Orange) to learn choreography that would allow me to embody my music in a completely new way. I’m always sitting down when I perform my music, so I wanted to show a different side of my physicality that captures how this music makes me feel when I’m not bound to a piano bench.”
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 – Newcastle 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 3 – Mains d’Œuvres (Paris, France)
February 5 – Cafe Oto (London, UK)
February 6 – Cafe Oto (London, UK)
February 10 – Silent Green Kuppelhalle (Berlin, Germany)
February 12 – De Doelen (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
February 14 – Phono (Aarhus, Denmark)
February 15 – Inkonst (Olibanum) (Malmö, Sweden)
February 17 – SOUP, Manchester, UK
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