It's been a while since I mentioned Goxxip but this does not mean they are any further from my heart than normal, and they will always be close. Anyone keeping an eye on their whereabouts will have heard the new demo '1,000 Things' on their myspace this past week, a pretty promising idea of what might be to come on their next album. A slight departure from the torrent of thick bass lines and huge voice that was 2005's 'Standing in the Way of Control', the vocals are more restrained than you might expect for one, and while the bass is still the driving force it's the joy division-like guitar that sticks, highly excellent on all counts.
They don't seem to be playing too many shows from now till the end of the year, having toured with 'Standing in The Way of Control' for around three years now, but if you get a chance to see them I highly recommend that you should- the smaller the venue the better.
it's jumping on an over crowded bandwagon to say that gossip are a good band, that their blend of punk and disco is the next big thing or even that Beth Ditto in her fat, lesbian, swimsuit clad glory is cool, but i still feel the urge to squish myself in there. it may also be a slight understatement to say that gossip are just good, but i'm not sure that it's the words that are important rather than the way those words are said. Maybe they'd be better proclaimed, preached even from great heights, from the tops of buildings with arms open wide and eyes screwed tight or maybe even just from atop slightly shaky office furniture to a room full of unsuspecting co-workers, it doesn't matter that you're now preaching to the newly converted, it's just something that just has to be done.
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