Lane Lines from Lane Lines by Massage

Title track “Lane Lines” follows “Stalingrad.” Inspired by the mid-career acoustic drone and suburban mysticism of Romano and Naidus’s fellow New Jersey natives The Feelies, “Lane Lines” was originally written after Massage finished recording its debut LP Oh Boy and before work started on Still Life. Then it fell through the cracks. A friend lobbied for its revival after hearing a demo, and a chance encounter with a video of The Feelies performing “Slipping (Into Something)” in 1987 inspired a new addition to the arrangement — the extended and increasingly frantic cacophony of strumming, percussion and spiraling guitar that fuels the second half of the song. To evoke the Feelies’ distinctive drum sound, De Almeida recorded “modularly,” one element of her kit at a time.

Tracklist

3.	Lane Lines	4:13

Credits

from Lane Lines, released December 10, 2021
Recorded, produced and mixed by Andrew Brassell
Additional guitar by Andrew Brassell

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