{"product_id":"kim-gordon-play-me","title":"Kim Gordon - PLAY ME","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKim Gordon’s vision of art and noise has come sharper into focus just as readily as it has changed—a paradigm of possibility that, four decades on, still feels like a dare. The adventure continues on the artist’s third solo album, PLAY ME\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lead track ‘NOT TODAY’ is available now, accompanied by a short film directed by Rodarte fashion label founders and filmmakers Kate and Laura Mulleavy with director of photography Christopher Blauvelt. The song brings out a poetic tension in Gordon’s voice. “I started singing in a way I hadn’t sung in a long time,” she says. “This other voice came out.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePLAY ME is distilled and immediate, expanding Gordon’s sonic palette to include more melodic beats and the motorik drive of krautrock. “We wanted the songs to be short,” Gordon says of her continued collaboration with LA producer Justin Raisen (Charli XCX, Sky Ferreira, Yves Tumor). “We wanted to do it really fast. It’s more focused, and maybe more confident. I always kind of work off of rhythms, and I knew I wanted it to be even more beat-oriented than the last one. Justin really gets my voice and my lyrics and he understands how I work—that came forth even more on this record.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2019, Gordon’s debut solo LP No Home Record proved she was attuned as ever to vanguard sounds, mixing avant-rap and footwork into her sonic conceptual art. The Collective, in 2024, was brick-heavy and even more daring, led by the tectonic industrial clatter of her packing-list-cum-rage-rap banger ‘BYE BYE’ and earning two Grammy nominations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fast-following PLAY ME processes, in Gordon’s inimitable way, the collateral damage of the billionaire class: the demolition of democracy, technocratic end-times fascism, the A.I.-fueled chill-vibes flattening of culture - where dark humor voices the absurdity of modern life. But despite its frequent outward gaze, PLAY ME is an interior record, one in which a heightened emotionality pulses through physical jams, rejecting definitive statements in favor of an inquisitiveness that keeps Gordon searching, ever in process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP available to independent retailers on white coloured vinyl.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracklisting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. PLAY ME\u003cbr\u003e2. GIRL WITH A LOOK\u003cbr\u003e3. NO HANDS\u003cbr\u003e4. BLACK OUT\u003cbr\u003e5. DIRTY TECH\u003cbr\u003e6. NOT TODAY\u003cbr\u003e7. BUSY BEE\u003cbr\u003e8. SQUARE JAW\u003cbr\u003e9. SUBCON\u003cbr\u003e10. POST EMPIRE\u003cbr\u003e11. NAIL BITER\u003cbr\u003e12. BYEBYE25!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: limited indies-only white coloured vinyl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel\u003c\/strong\u003e: Matador\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number\u003c\/strong\u003e: OLE2198LPE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\u003c\/strong\u003e: Indie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: New\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode\u003c\/strong\u003e: 0191401219808\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.southrecordshop.com\/collections\/pre-order\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pre-orders\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eIf unsealed, we ship records with the LP outside the sleeve to avoid seam splits.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":55440845406584,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0342\/2497\/files\/Kim_Gordon_-_Play_Me_-_Packshot.jpg?v=1770151018","url":"https:\/\/www.southrecordshop.com\/products\/kim-gordon-play-me","provider":"South Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}