Australian indie musician Sophie Payten b.k.a. Gordi unveiled two singles from their forthcoming Inhuman EP yesterday.

While "Stranger" and "Vistor" are two separate songs, they were released together because of their reflective nature. Payten said this about “Stranger”:

"After spending the day with Alex Somers in his studio in Reykjavík while making my first album in January 2017, I walked back through the heavy snow to my hostel. I sat down on one of the eight bunk beds and wrote ‘Stranger’. The song has lived in many forms since, and I’ve always wanted to find a home for it. In one of Melbourne’s many lockdowns, I eventually rewrote the track - I got my friend, JT Bates, to add some drums in the midwest."

When it comes to the piano ballad “Visitor,” Payten said:

"I have spent a lot of my life driving long distances. Returning to a chapter of life only to feel like a visitor, a stranger to your own experience. This song began sitting at my parents’ piano, I built the arrangement over six or seven months. As the song came together, a phrase I had come across circled around my head: the literal meaning of the overused and under-appreciated 'nostalgia' - the sorrow of homecoming."

Pre-orders for Inhuman, which drops on August 19th on Jagjaguwar, can be made here. "Stranger"/"Visitor" is available on digital services right now.