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.
A1. PLAY ME
A2. GIRL WITH A LOOK
A3. NO HANDS
A4. BLACK OUT
A5. DIRTY TECH
A6. NOT TODAY
B1. BUSY BEE
B2. SQUARE JAW
B3. SUBCON
B4. POST EMPIRE
B5. NAIL BITER
B6. BYEBYE25!
- 1. PLAY ME
- 2. GIRL WITH A LOOK
- 3. NO HANDS
- 4. BLACK OUT
- 5. DIRTY TECH
- 6. NOT TODAY
- 7. BUSY BEE
- 8. SQUARE JAW
- 9. SUBCON
- 10. POST EMPIRE
- 11. NAIL BITER
- 12. BYEBYE25!
