Kim Gordon released a digital deluxe edition of “The Collective“, which was her second solo album that was released near the start of this year. The updated version of the LP includes two additional tracks: June’s “ECRP” and the brand new “Bangin’ on the Freeway.” Check out the music video for the latter, which was directed by Gordon’s daughter, Coco Gordon Moore,
The deluxe edition of “The Collective” will also be available on vinyl, “Bangin’ on the Freeway” is the second single from it , following “ECRP.” Other videos were helmed by Clara Balzary (“Bye Bye”), Alex Ross Perry (“I’m a Man”), and Vice Cooler (“Psychedelic Orgasm”), the first two of which actually starred Coco Gordon Moore in front of the lens.
On “The Collective”, Kim Gordon’s second record for Matador, she extrapolates on one of the myriad ideas present on “No Home Record”, the intersection of whisper-rap and hyperreal modernity. Gordon was inspired by The Candy House by Jennifer Egan, a Thouron Scholar, adding a layer of metafiction already entrenched in Egan’s body of work. The Candy House is a sequel to Egan’s previous novel A Visit from the Goon Squad, each chapter focusing on a different character and being written in a different style exploring the fallout of tech companies,
Since touring in support of “The Collective”, which included a stop on Jimmy Kimmel Live!—marking Gordon’s solo live debut on late-night television—where she and her band played “Bye Bye,” Gordon has also found time to record with Model Home. The two teamed up on the track “Razzamatazz” along with Justin Raisen, who worked with Gordon on “The Collective” and 2021’s “No Home Record”.
The limited edition, deluxe version of the vinyl record includes a 7” with the 2 bonus tracks housed in the LP sleeve and is pressed on silver vinyl. Featuring two new songs,
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