Ruby Gill has detailed her second studio album, entitled Some Kind Of Control. The ten-track effort is set for independent release on Friday, March 28th. To coincide with the album’s announcement, the Melbourne-based singer-songwriter has shared a new single entitled ‘Touch Me There’, which Gill describes in a press statement as her “most precious creation” in her career thus far.
“During the longest dry spell of my life, I came out to myself,” she said. “The first time I said it out loud was in this song. It took almost two years of zero kissing to get to that point of self-knowledge. I finally felt sensation in my body again after writing ‘Touch Me There’. It broke me open. I hope it breaks other people open too, whether it’s about queerness or otherwise.”
The song’s music video was filmed in Preston at the Pony Club Gym, which is an LGBTQ-oriented gym and community space. Bridgette Winten, the video’s director, noted that the intention of it was to “to celebrate the bodies we’re in and the resistance it is to be queer”. “We wanted it to feel sexy, but also make you cry,” she said. “That’s my favourite kind of intimacy.”
Ruby Gill – ‘Touch Me There’
Gill recorded Some Kind Of Control with producer Tim Harvey, a member of the Melbourne band Jade Imagine who has also played with Claire Bowditch and Hot Little Hands. The album also features contributions from the likes of Angie McMahon, Annie-Rose Maloney and Oh Pep!‘s Olivia Hally. Prior to its formal announcement, Gill shared the album’s title track as a single in November.
“This record is a coming-out of sorts,” said Gill. “Not just in terms of being gay, but also in terms of being an imperfect body, [and] a person in a fucked political landscape. It is, in some ways, a study about who controls what – and where we can have a say over our sex, time, policies and pleasure. This album is so much more true and reflective of me, and carries a very distinctive voice and set of experiences borne of fighting very hard to accept myself, my body and my place in the world.”
To launch the album, Gill and her band will play a headlining show at Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club on Friday, April 17th. Hannah Cameron will serve as main support, with an opener yet to be announced. Tickets for the launch show are on sale now via Oztix.
Some Kind Of Control can be pre-ordered on vinyl here, and pre-saved on streaming services here.
Further Reading
Track By Track: Ruby Gill on Her Debut Album ‘I’m Gonna Die With This Frown on My Face’
Liz Stringer Announces New Album ‘The Second High’, Shares Title Track
