Gordi – Like Plasticine
Australian indie-pop singer, songwriter and producer Gordi today releases her exquisite third album Like Plasticine on Mushroom Music.
Many moons in the making, the arrival of Like Plasticine comes off the back of a whirlwind few weeks for Gordi, including tour dates with Foster The People in Europe, shows in the US for Lollapalooza, Hinterland Festival and a number of momentous appearances on US TV including The Kelly Clarkson Show, CBS Mornings as well as a KEXP session. Now back for a short stay in Australia ahead of further touring overseas, Gordi shares her excitement for the release:
Today, as I finally set this album free, I am reminded of its beginning. Deep in the middle of the pandemic I began writing the songs that would make up ‘Like Plasticine’, wondering what the purpose of music was at all. I tried to stop thinking and just feel. When I look back on that time now, sitting in Phoenix Central Park surrounded by things I could make music with, I see ‘Like Plasticine’ arriving as though it was a fire hydrant erupting. Everything we try to contain comes out one way or another. So when you listen to this record, un-contain yourself, stop thinking, and just feel. – Gordi
Alongside Like Plasticine’s release, Gordi shares a video for key track “Your Consolation Prize.”
Co-produced by Brad Cook (Snail Mail, Jensen McRae, Bon Iver), the song recalls the best of synth-pop savants The Postal Service – and, over drum machines backed by a soft choir of voices, represents Gordi at her full power. It grapples with the reality that, for all the acceptance and closeness she has found since coming out, there will always be young queer people whose lives will have qualifications or asterisks hanging over them because they don’t fit neatly into the mould.
Like Plasticine includes the singles “Head Rush”, “Lunch At Dune”, “Alien Cowboy”, “Peripheral Lover”, “Cutting Room Floor”, ,” “PVC Divide (feat. Anaïs Mitchell)” and album opener “GD (Goddamn).”
Gordi was also announced as a late addition to Hinterland Festival in Iowa, featuring headliners Lana Del Rey and Tyler, The Creator. Currently touring Europe with Foster The People, Gordi will return to the UK and Europe later in the year for the Bryce Dessner curated Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival and Residency in Cork Ireland, along with Reeperbahn Festival in Germany and a run of headline dates.
Like Plasticine chronicles the last few transformative years of Gordi’s life. From coming out and having to adjust the vision of her future, to working as a doctor on the frontline during the pandemic, Gordi explores the beauty, heartbreak and finite nature of human experience across 12 new songs.
TOUR DATES
EUROPE (WITH FOSTER THE PEOPLE)
US
Sunday August 3– Hinterland Festival, IA
AUSTRALIA
Saturday 9 August – Full Bloom at MCA Rooftop, Sydney NSW (Evening)
Saturday 9 August – Hum Music, Newtown NSW (1PM – FREE IN-STORE PERFORMANCE)
Tuesday 12 August – Oh! Jean Records, Fitzroy VIC (5:30PM – FREE IN-STORE PERFORMANCE)
Saturday 23 August – Darwin Festival, Darwin NT
EUROPE
September 11-14– Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival, Cork IRE
Wednesday September 17– Jaki, Cologne DE
Thursday September 18– Lark, Berlin DE
Friday September 19– Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg DE
Sunday September 21– TivoliVrendenburg (Club Nine), Utrecht NL
Monday September 22– Rust, Copenhagen DK
Wednesday September 24– Trix Bar, Antwerp BE
AUSTRALIA
Friday 17 October – Sydney Opera House (Playhouse), Sydney NSW
- more to be announced
AUSTRALIA (WITH DAVID GRAY)
Tuesday November 4– Riverside Theatre, PCEC, Perth WA
Wednesday November 5– Riverside Theatre, PCEC, Perth WA
Friday November 7– Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide SA
Sunday November 9– Palais Theatre, Melbourne VIC SOLD OUT
Monday November 10– Palais Theatre, Melbourne VIC
Wednesday November 12– State Theatre, Sydney NSW SOLD OUT
Thursday November 13– State Theatre, Sydney NSW SOLD OUT
Saturday November 15– QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane QLD SOLD OUT
Sunday November 16 (Matinee) – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane QLD SOLD OUT
Sunday November 16 (Evening) – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane QLD SOLD OUT
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