Quite a while back, I was releasing music under the name Plush Gordon. It was kind of a band, kind of a solo project, kind of a thing where whoever was playing with me was part of the band even though it was really just my music. Then I shifted into another project with my cousin Vince called The Ministry of Plausible Rumours. That was mostly a COVID lockdown project, but Vince got in touch with me about a year ago, maybe, and said he wanted to record a cover of, if I remember correctly, “The Air That I Breathe” by the Hollies, and I countered with “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees. But with lockdowns thankfully over, we were both busy with work and other projects, so it never happened.

But I had what I thought was an interesting idea for “Stayin’ Alive,” so I recorded it on my own. It’s a deadpan, minimalist, synth-driven version of the song that doesn’t quite fit with a lot of the music I’ve been releasing under my own name, so I decided to release it as a Plush Gordon track. It comes out on November 3 or thereabouts, but you can pre-save it now if you’re so inclined by clicking on the image below.