Gordi, aka Australia's Sophie Payten, and SOAK, aka Northern Ireland's Bridie Monds-Watson, are teaming up. Next month the two indie singer-songwriters will release a collaborative EP called Lunch At Dune. The title track, out today, represents Gordi's first release since departing her former record label Jagjaguwar. Though Jagjaguwar released Gordi music as recently as last year, this song's genesis dates back to just before the pandemic, as Gordi explains in a press release:
I was sitting at the kitchen table of an Airbnb in East London in the last week of February in 2020. It was cold and dark outside, and the streets were unnervingly silent. Refreshing my Twitter feed every 2 minutes to see which country had closed its borders, I wondered if I'd be able to get home, as the panic around the pandemic was swirling. I sat in the crippling uncertainty for a minute, and began to write. The next day I finished what became "Lunch at Dune" in a small studio in Camden in the northern part of London.
She adds:
The song is about feeling like there is something insurmountable in front of you and the only way through is perspective. In "Lunch at Dune," I'm trying to give that perspective to someone I love.
In the video, Gordi and SOAK get, uh, soaked. By which I mean they don suits and ties, enjoy a drink on the beach, and float around in the ocean fully clothed. Here's SOAK's take on the whole ordeal: