Enchanting singer-songwriter is starting the new year in a big way, releasing a new single and announcing an intimate lineup of headline shows across the country that will take place throughout March, April, and May of 2026.
The new, slow-burn single titled “High Line”, was written during sessions for her 2025 album Like Plasticine, written by Gordi and Alex Lahey and recorded but produced, recorded and mixed by Gordi alone, featuring US songwriter Christian Lee-Hudson on guitars.
“I wrote these lyrics on a scorching hot day in July,” said Gordi, aka Sarah Payten. “The strawberry and tomato plants that were growing at my friend’s front door needed a good drenching with the hose. Keeping them alive in the heatwave was a battle. I picked a few and they burst in my mouth. Acid and sweet at the same time. I strummed my acoustic under the weary ceiling fan. The guitar was making my thighs slick with sweat. And then, rapidly, it arrived: High Line.”
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The song will no doubt lead the set list of the upcoming tour that was announced simultaneously, with 11 shows confirmed for intimate venues across the country. Gordi’s last album, as Rolling Stone AU/NZ’s Sarah Downs said in her album review, was “a subtle yet powerful return from the introspective Australian songwriter.”
Written in the wake of some big personal shifts — coming out, working as a doctor through the pandemic, learning how to live differently — the album in whole is about moulding, melting, remaking. As Gordi herself told Rolling Stone AU/NZ, ““I think that in this record, I tried to focus my energy on the kind of breathtaking resilience that we have as human beings to be able to navigate all of that and still just get up the next day and keep moving forward.”
“High Line” is out now via Mushroom Music, you can listen to it or purchase it here. See tour details below.
GORDI 2026 AUSTRALIA TOUR
Ticket presale from Thursday, January 15th 10AM AEDT. General tickets on sale Friday, January 16th 10AM AEDT via gordimusic.com
Saturday, March 28th
Mojo’s, Perth WA
Sunday, March 29th
Jive, Adelaide SA
Friday, April 10th
Echo + Bounce, Brisbane QLD
Saturday, April 11th
Coorabell Hall, Coorabell NSW
Thursday, April 16th
Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine VIC
Friday, April 17th
The Night Cat, Melbourne VIC
Saturday, April 18th
Volta Arts, Ballarat VIC
Thursday, April 30th
Mary’s Underground, Sydney NSW
Friday, May 1st
Bar Yuki, Milton NSW
Saturday, May 2nd
The Servo, Port Kembla NSW
Sunday, May 3rd
Canobolas Dance Hall, Orange NSW
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