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Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks release Kim Gordon collaboration

By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 26 April 2018

Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks have released a new single, ‘Refute’, featuring guest vocals from Kim Gordon. The track arrives ahead of the release of the band’s new album, ‘Sparkle Hard’, on 18 May.

The idea behind the song, says Malkmus, was to “queer the duet”, mixing up “Nashville tropes in light of current trends in evolutionary psychology [by reversing] the classic ‘he said/she said’ narrative, where in this case the ‘wife’ is the cheater, and the omniscient narrator enters at the end to offer cold comfort”.

Meanwhile, the band have launched a quiz via which you can calculate your ‘sparkle level’, which I know you were wondering about. I “sparkle hard with a vengeance”, which I’m not sure I needed a quiz to tell me, but it’s nice to have that confirmed nonetheless. See how you match up here.

Oh, I almost forgot to tell you about the tour dates they’ve announced too. That wouldn’t do. Here are the tour dates they’ve announced:

17 Oct: Manchester, Albert Hall
18 Oct: Glasgow, SWG3
19 Oct: Dublin, Vicar Street
21 Oct: Bristol, SWX
22 Oct: Birmingham, The Asylum
24 Oct: London, Hackney Arts Centre
25 Oct: Brighton, Concorde 2