Photo by Danielle Neu

Kim Gordon’s latest musical phase has cemented her as a futurist for life. With her 2019 solo debut, No Home Record, the Sonic Youth co-founder’s further reinvention within industrial, experimental electronic lanes made for an unmatched swerve in the career arc from an artist who literally doesn’t need to prove anything more to us. Yet, even in her post-SY legacy, her no wave project alongside Bill Nace, Body/Head, and whatever extended audio/visual projects present themselves, Gordon stays adamant on contorting the future with “BYE BYE”, the lead single in her ongoing collaboration with producer Justin Raisen (Charli XCX, Sky Ferreira) leading into her second solo album, The Collective. Gordon remains comfortable in the dark, though the same may not be said for those who encounter it. She continues merging schisms of noise rock with a tension in trap flashes amid train-of-thought wordsnips. “Milk thistle, calcium, high-rise, boot cut, Advil, Black Jeans, Blue Jeans, Cardigan purse, passport, pajamas, silk.” It amounts to a mad dash, though we’ll never truly know from what beyond the fact that she’s doing so fashion-forward.

Directed by: Clara Balzary

Kim Gordon’s The Collective will be released March 8th on Matador Records.