{"product_id":"vinyl-gordon-kim-sonic-youth-play-me-vinyl-lp","title":"Play Me (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm\"\u003e\u003cspan style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"Aptos Display\",sans-serif; COLOR: black'\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"Aptos Display\",sans-serif; COLOR: black'\u003eKim Gordon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"Aptos Display\",sans-serif; COLOR: black'\u003e's third album,\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e PLAY ME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, 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 \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Collective \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eprocesses, in her inimitable way, the collateral damage of the billionaire class: the demolition of democracy, technocratic end-times fascism, the A.I.-fuelled chill-vibes flattening of culture - where dark humour voices the absurdity of modern life.  Despite its frequent outward gaze, \u003ci\u003ePLAY ME\u003c\/i\u003e is an interior record, one in which a heightened emotionality pulses through physical jams, rejecting definitive statements in favour of an inquisitiveness that keeps Gordon searching, ever in process.\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RHYTHM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40427180720329,"sku":"469975","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/7120\/7498\/files\/469975-Product-0-I-639044603403239851.jpg?v=1768863625","url":"https:\/\/www.jbhifi.co.nz\/products\/vinyl-gordon-kim-sonic-youth-play-me-vinyl-lp","provider":"JB Hi-Fi NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}