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Credit – Brianna da Silva

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GORDI
shares awaited
third album
‘LIKE PLASTICINE’

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“Australian singer-songwriter Sophie Payten crafts an intimate exploration of identity and resilience across twelve tracks that mould and reshape themselves like their namesake material” – DORK

“The albums succeeds so well because rather than misery, Payten fills you with joy… a warm hug filled with empathy and hope” – The Skinny Magazine ★★★★

“Like Plasticine is about moulding, melting, remaking… A subtle yet powerful return.” – Rolling Stone ★★★★

“Sophie Payten’s distinctively deep voice brings an emotional depth to a powerful collection of pulsating pop.” – STACK Magazine

“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

LIKE PLASTICINE – Out now

Features new track ‘your consolation prize’ with video filmed in Warsaw and Prague
Announces exclusive Sydney opera house album launch show
Gordi performing at MEA rooftop in Sydney for ‘full bloom’ + Sydney & Melbourne in-stores this week
Hints at more Australian shows to be announced.

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Australian indie-pop singer, songwriter and producer Gordi, releases her exquisite third album, Like Plasticine. She also shares news of a special Sydney Opera House show in October to commemorate the album launch.

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:

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.

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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. Co-produced by Gordi, the album includes the cuts ‘Peripheral Lover’, ‘Cutting Room Floor’, ‘PVC Divide’ (feat. Anaïs Mitchell) and ‘Lunch At Dune’.

Songs from Like Plasticine has solidified Gordi’s global footprint, drawing acclaim from Grammy.com, The Guardian, NPR, Stereogum, Rolling Stone, Dork and more, with radio love from BBC Radio 1, BBC 6, Radio X, and major AAA stations in the US including KEXP, KCRW, and Sirius XM. In addition, two billboards in Times Square have seen Gordi front and centre representing Spotify’s GLOW and Amazon Music’s PROUD.

In celebration of the album’s release this weekend, Gordi will perform under a full moon at MCA’s Full Bloom event in Sydney – the stunning Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge her backdrop. She will also appear at Hum Music in Newtown on Saturday afternoon, playing a handful of songs from the album and signing records, and at Oh! Jean Records in Melbourne on Tuesday evening.

Next month, Gordi will return to the UK and Europe 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. She will then make her way back to Australia for a special intimate show at the Sydney Opera House (Playhouse Theatre) in October, with further dates to be announced soon. That will be followed by tour dates with revered British singer-songwriter David Gray in November.

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Credit – James Robinson

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GORDI
Tour Dates

AUSTRALIA

Saturday 9 August – Full Bloom at MCA, 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

11-14 September – Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival, Cork IRE
Wednesday 17 September – Jaki, Cologne DE
Thursday 18 September – Lark, Berlin DE
Friday 19 September – Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg DE
Sunday 21 September – TivoliVrendenburg (Club Nine), Utrecht NL
Monday 22 September – Rust, Copenhagen DK
Wednesday 24 September – Trix Bar, Antwerp BE

AUSTRALIA

Friday 17 October – Sydney Opera House (Playhouse), Sydney NSW

AUSTRALIA (With DAVID GRAY)

Tuesday 4 November – Riverside Theatre, PCEC, Perth WA
Wednesday 5 November – Riverside Theatre, PCEC, Perth WA
Friday 7 November – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide SA – SOLD OUT
Sunday 9 November – Palais Theatre, Melbourne VIC – SOLD OUT
Monday 10 November – Palais Theatre, Melbourne VIC
Wednesday 12 November – State Theatre, Sydney NSW – SOLD OUT
Thursday 13 November – State Theatre, Sydney NSW – SOLD OUT
Saturday 15 November – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane QLD – SOLD OUT
Sunday 16 November (Matinee) – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane QLD – SOLD OUT
Sunday 16 November (Evening) – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane QLD – SOLD OUT

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GORDI
LIKE PLASTICINE

Out now via Mushroom Music

1. GD (Goddamn)
2. Alien Cowboy
3. Cutting Room Floor
4. Peripheral Lover
5. Lunch At Dune (feat. SOAK)
6. Settle
7. Diluted
8. Your Consolation Prize
9. PVC Divide (feat. Anaïs Mitchell)
10. Head Rush
11. Broke Scene
12. Automatic

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More about GORDI

An award-winning and beloved Aussie export with tens of millions of streams to her name, Gordi has an impressive history, including two full-length album releases and collaborations with Troye Sivan, Bon Iver, Ben Bohmer, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and more. The documentation of her journey through self-discovery, sexuality and identity shines through on albums Reservoir and Our Two Skins, the latter of which was recognised with an AIR Award and nominated for an ARIA and two J Awards.

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AMNPLIFY – DB