Chicago-based punk rock band Best Loop released a new EP last week, on the occasion of International Trans Day of Visibility. And the EP is made up entirely of songs written and performed by Laura Jane Grace.
The EP, titled, Reinventing Laura Jane Grace, features three covers chosen from across Grace’s career. The album opens with “Cuffing Season,” which originally appeared on Grace’s 2024 album, Hole in My Head. While the original was acoustic, the Best Loop version is electric and has a punk edge to it.
Also featured on the EP is Against Me!‘s “Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart,” and “Shame.” (Grace fronted Against Me! from 1997 until the band’s indefinite hiatus in 2020.)
Best Loop member said in a press release announcing the EP, “Seeing Laura’s past support of the Girls Rock Camp Movement, combined with a friendly dialogue when we reached out snapped everything into place immediately. Though we have always been a punk band in style, we wanted this release to match that ethos in substance.”
The EP is available digitally via BandCamp and all the funds raised will be donated to Girls Rock! Chicago, which is dedicated to offering programs and camps for girls, transgender and gender-nonconforming youth.
