Mike Gordon Details New Solo Album ‘Flying Games’ & Summer Tour Dates, Shares Single

Phish bassist Mike Gordon will release a new solo album. flying games via ATO Records/Megaplum on May 12. Gordon has confirmed a series of summer tour dates in support of the album featuring lead single “Tilting”.

flying games It is Gordon’s sixth solo studio album and first since 2017. grandmotherProduced by Mike Gordon, the 13 tracks were recorded by longtime collaborator Jared Slomov and mixed by engineer Sean Everett (Alabama Shakes, War on Drugs).

Mike Gordon spent several months in 2020 locked down in his Megaplum home studio due to the pandemic, working on various sonic experiments that eventually yielded new songs.Once the material was fleshed out, he brought in another member of the five-piece band – keyboardist Robert Walter,drummer John Kimmockpercussionist Craig Myers and guitarist Scott Murawski — add their contributions. “Revealing a whole new dimension in the kaleidoscope of musicianship that Gordon has exhibited as Phish bassist for the past 40 years, the result is a work of both extraordinary vision and bold execution,” said the album’s release. A press release announcing the

“Coming from the world of telepathic improvisation, the idea of ​​one person layering sounds alone in a room may seem a bit myth-defying,” explains Gordon. “But on this record, I didn’t want to do the traditional way of going to the studio with the band and him recording for two weeks. Take your time exploring, digging deep into the structure of the music and what you find. I wanted to make sure.”

Mike Gordon will be on tour in June and July of this year for his first solo dates since the pandemic began. Start your 3 week tour in Headliner shows in New York, Buffalo, Covington (Kentucky) and Kalamazoo (Michigan) are Northlands on June 16th and June 23rd.

Mike Gordon will host June 24th and 25th at Talia Hall in Chicago. Gordon concludes his June with concerts in St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Millvale, Pennsylvania. The bassist will take his band to the Peach Music Festival on July 1st and finish the tour with his home state show in Burlington, Vermont’s Higher ground on July 2nd.

Tickets for the new headliner dates go on sale Friday, March 17th. Pre-sale for today’s tickets is now underway. Tickets for most Mike Gordon shows are available for purchase at Ticketmaster.com.

Scroll down to see the full list of dates following Gordon’s “Tilting” video.

“To me, ’tilting’ is being in a situation or relationship where you don’t know if your footing is solid,” says Mike Gordon. Whether it’s playing music, driving, or experiencing something new, I feel more present than usual when I don’t know where I’m going next. “

Watch Mike’s “Tilting” animated video.

flying games track list

1. tilt
2. Connected
3. back in the bubble
4. Maru
5. casual enlightenment
6. pure energy
7. heart revolution
8. Guilty Pleasures
9. Undo
10. moonlight
11. sugun never set
12. Haywire
13. tropical rocket