{"product_id":"191401219815","title":"Kim Gordon - Play Me - Import Vinyl LP Record","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Gordon, an indispensable icon who needs no introduction when unraveling music history, releases her third solo album, PLAY ME!! Kim Gordon, an indispensable icon who needs no introduction when unraveling music history, releases her third solo album, PLAY ME, on Matador Records.\n\nKim Gordon's solo debut album, 'No Home Record', released in 2019, proved she still possesses cutting-edge sonic sensibilities. Incorporating avant-rap and footwork, this work—reconstructed as conceptual art through sound—vividly showcased her current artistic position. Her follow-up, 2024's second album 'The Collective', became an even heavier, bolder work. Dominated by industrial roars that fused packing lists with angry rap, it earned Grammy nominations in two categories, led by \"BYE BYE\". Delivered without pause, 'PLAY ME' processes the collateral damage wrought by the billionaire class in her uniquely distinctive way.The dismantling of democracy, the suffocating control systems that emerge in societies where technology and experts dictate everything, the sensation of culture being homogenized as AI mass-produces only \"pleasant atmospheres\"—it is here that black humor begins to speak of the absurdity of modern society. Yet, despite its gaze often being directed outward, PLAY ME is fundamentally an introspective album. Heightened emotional amplitude pulses through physical jams, refusing definitive messages while using the very act of continuous questioning as its driving force—never settling into a final form, constantly evolving. 'PLAY ME' is a sharpened, immediate work, expanding Kim Gordon's sonic palette into more melodic beats and the mechanical drive characteristic of krautrock. Regarding her ongoing collaboration with Los Angeles producer Justin Rycen (Charli XCX, Sky Ferreira, Eve TuMore), Kim Gordon states: \"I wanted the songs to be short. I just wanted to make them quickly. They feel more focused, and probably more confident than the last record.\"I'm the type who always starts songs with rhythm, and this time I wanted to make something even more beat-focused than my previous work. Justin really understands my voice and lyrics, and he gets my approach. I think that sensibility comes through even more strongly on this album.\" Even amidst the collage-like sensation of reality being endlessly excavated, pitch-shifted vocals, and layers of unsettling dissonance that run through PLAY ME, her songs keep our attention firmly fixed on a world trying to lull us into thoughtlessness through distraction. \"Honestly, the biggest influence was the news,\" she says. \"We're in a kind of 'post-imperial' era now, a world where people just disappear.\" This statement also resonates with the title of one track on PLAY ME.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Matador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52283341734177,"sku":"191401219815","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/191401219815.jpg?v=1769904269","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-us\/products\/191401219815","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}