“Paste Pick: The Sonic Youth co-founder’s third solo album embodies a righteous fury in her satire-fueled lyrics and producer Justin Raisen’s booming rage-rap instrumentals.”
“the godmother of alt-rock fearlessly turns to beats”
“Listening to the first two thirds of Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation (the last third lopped off so it'd fit on one side of 90-minute TDK tape) back in 1989, there was no way of imagining that, in three decades, Kim Gordon might become a SoundCloud rapper. Yet, branching histories and unknowable futures aside, it's clear that lines like "Let's go walkin' on water / You think I'm Satan's daughter / I ”
“Kim Gordon’s third solo album is the most populist and literalist music of her career. Her sharp style and wit remain, but absurdity and ambiguity are missed.”
“Kim Gordon’s Play Me is an abstract soundtrack for absurdist times”
“PLAY ME mostly sounds like leftovers or afterthoughts from Kim's previous and great album The Collective.”
