Gordi at Icehouse, Minneapolis (04 Jun 2016)

Gordi (aka Sophie Payten) played a very late, late night at the Icehouse in Minneapolis last Saturday (technically Sunday morning). This is due to the nature of the Icehouse, which is normally a restaurant, but books concerts after hours… so many of their shows starts at 11pm and ends at last call of 2am.

 

Opening up was local band Good Night Gold Dust, fresh from playing at some music festival in Mankato. They’ve been so busy that, according to the band, this was their first drink.

 

Songs on their 30-min included almost everything from their self-titled EP, however, they previewed a new song (‘Gentle Bones’?) and chose to end their set with the title track from their 2012 Towards the Sun EP.

 

Good Night Gold Dust’s set ended a little later than expected, so it forced Gordi to start her set later than advertised.

 

Gordi (not to be confused with the 80s Yugoslav heavy metal band of the same name), is from the Australian town of Canowindra (currently based in Sydney, Australia). Since Gordi is touring in support of her debut EP Clever Disguise (Jagjaguwar), this was her first time in Minneapolis, and they seemed really pleased at the turnout. Her songs are quiet, luckily the audience was respectful and listened to the folky (with a touch of electronica) songs.

 

Joining Gordi on stage was Derek on drums and Adrian on keys, and they basically played everything on Clever Disguise, including single ‘We Can Work It Out’.

 

Gordi’s last US date is tonight (June 9) at Rockwood Music Hall in New York.