Take a look at Kim Gordon’s disorientating new single ‘ECRP’

Kim Gordon has dropped a discordant new single, ‘ECRP’, to coincide with a run of dates beginning tonight (June 25).

Following on from her trap-inspired album ‘The Collective’ earlier this yr, Gordon’s new one-off single is a loud, experimental affair that speaks of “rumours of free speech” and “ashes on the nightstand”.

The video, in the meantime, was directed by Gordon’s daughter Coco Gordon Moore and options numerous photographs of New York road scenes.

Take a look at ‘ECRP’ beneath.

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Gordon performs London’s Koko tonight, kicking off a European tour, and can head to Birmingham for a gig on the O2 Institute2. The tour additionally consists of numerous pageant appearances on the likes of Glastonbury, Open’er and Roskilde.

In a four-star evaluation of ‘The Collective’, NME wrote: “Right here the 70-year-old balances her lower than industrial sensibilities with crunchily on-trend manufacturing and relatable lyrics about rotten capitalism and fragile masculinity – if these sound like themes she explored throughout Sonic Youth’s ‘90s heyday, it solely goes to point out how little has modified.”

“It’s notable, although, how up to date her distorted art-punk sounds, given the continuing grunge resurgence and the truth that Olivia Rodrigo’s taking The Breeders on tour this yr. Regardless of her new album’s title, right here is an icon who’s spent greater than 4 a long time making actually particular person artwork.”

‘The Collective’ was additionally named as probably the greatest albums of 2024 to date, described in a nutshell as “a clangorous, chopping experiment with entice beats and abrasive noise”.

Gordon’s second solo album options singles akin to ‘Psychedelic Orgasm’, ‘I’m A Man’ and ‘BYE BYE’. It follows Gordon’s 2019 debut solo album ‘No House File’.