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Gordi’s latest album Our Two Skins came out in 2020 and featured songs written while touring around the world.

She's chosen Volcanic, from that album, as some of her best work.

She began writing the song in Stockholm, recording an initial demo on a hotel's grand piano.

Though it all came together in Berlin inside a seemingly chaotic new location.

"I was searching for a space to sort of just start doing some of my own writing. And I came into this big warehouse.

"And there was all this, like, metal work being done around me. But it was kind of cool, because it meant I could just like, go for it."

Since it's release the song's garnered an emotional response from fans.

"Someone wrote to me saying, 'Volcanic, like, I've never heard a song so sort of aptly capture what it feels like to panic.'"

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About the host Jane Rocca

Jane lives in Melbourne and has been writing about fashion, music and lifestyle over two decades.

She’s written for Australia’s best music publications; Rolling Stone, Loudmouth, Hot Metal, The Face, i-D UK and more.

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