PLAY ME by Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon's third album, 'PLAY 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. “We wanted to do it really fast. It’s more focused, and maybe more confident."
The follow-up to 2024’s Justin Raisen-produced, two-time Grammy-nominated 'The Collective' processes, in her 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.
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.
“A lifelong radical still at the peak of her powers.” - New Yorker “A poet of modern life, offering abstract, spoken vocals that speak to both the banality and volatility of our world.” - New York Times
Tracklist
| 1. | PLAY ME | |
| 2. | GIRL WITH A LOOK | |
| 3. | NO HANDS | |
| 4. | BLACK OUT | |
| 5. | DIRTY TECH | |
| 6. | NOT TODAY | 3:35 |
| 7. | BUSY BEE | |
| 8. | SQUARE JAW | |
| 9. | SUBCON | |
| 10. | POST EMPIRE | |
| 11. | NAIL BITER | |
| 12. | BYEBYE25! | |
Credits
2026, Kim Gordon under exclusive license to Matador Records
License
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Kim Gordon is an artist, musician, producer, fashion designer, writer, and actress. She is a founding member of the experimental post-punk band Sonic Youth. Following the breakup of Sonic Youth, Gordon formed the group Body/Head. A collection of her early critical art writing entitled Is It My Body? was released by Sternberg Press in January 2014.