Gordi has teamed up with Anaïs Mitchell for her new song ‘PVC Divide’

Gordi has shared new single ‘PVC Divide’, featuring Anaïs Mitchell, taken from forthcoming album ‘Like Plasticine’.

The track, written, recorded and produced by Gordi – aka Sophie Payten – and mixed by Kayla Reagan, draws from Payten’s experiences working as a doctor during the COVID pandemic. Mitchell, who Payten first met while performing backing vocals for Bon Iver on Jimmy Fallon, provides guest vocals on the emotional ballad.

“I spent the pandemic working as a doctor. These tiny planes at empty airports would take us to remote towns, to restaff hospitals that had been hit by covid. From the airport to a serviced apartment to the emergency room and so on and so forth. Rinse and repeat. I observed the grief of others until eventually it felt like my own,” Payten explains. “The lyrics are made up of stories I read, conversations I had, and feelings I tried to contain. They finally spilled over the day I wrote this – I was in the middle of a room called Phoenix Central Park in Sydney and I started playing this guitar line and the words came quickly.”

‘Like Plasticine’, set for release on 8th August via Mushroom Music, features previously released singles ‘Peripheral Lover’, ‘Cutting Room Floor’ and ‘Lunch At Dune’.

Her dates in full read:

JUNE
9 Racket, NYC, NY (w/ Anaïs Mitchell)
10 The Lounge at World Café Live, Philadelphia PA
12 Warehouse XI, Somerville, MA
14 Summerstage Central Park, NYC NY
15 Songbyrd Music House, Washington DC
26 SaSaZu, Prague, Czech Republic
27 Letnia Scena Progresji, Warsaw, POL

JULY
1 Astra, Berlin, DE
3 Trianon, Paris, FR
7 013, Tilburg, NL
8 Ronda, Utrecht, NL
15 Pelicano, A Coruna, ESP
17 Razzmatazz 1, Barcelona, ESP

SEPTEMBER
11 Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival, Cork IRE
17 Jaki, Cologne DE
18 Lark, Berlin DE
19 Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg DE
21 TivoliVrendenburg (Club Nine), Utrecht NL
24 Trix Bar, Antwerp BE

NOVEMBER
4 Riverside Theatre, PCEC, Perth WA
5 Riverside Theatre, PCEC, Perth WA
7 Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide SA
9 Palais Theatre, Melbourne VIC
10 Palais Theatre, Melbourne VIC
12 State Theatre, Sydney NSW
13 State Theatre, Sydney NSW
15 QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane QLD
16 QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane QLD
16 QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane QLD