David Emery OnlineThe Gossip - Standing in the way of control
6 December 2006
In at number 9 in my list of the best albums of 2006 comes The Gossip’s breakthrough album, Standing in the way of control.
Following on from yesterdays entry by Metric, this is another stunning album that maintains it’s quality throughout. Again, like the Metric album it has one standout track that has really broken through into the mainstream – the title track, which is indeed a stunning song, and a contender for song of the year.
The comparisons continue; Beth Ditto – recently voted by NME as the coolest person in the world – has an absolutely stunning voice. In fact, her voice is the reason that the Gossip are quite so interesting; the combination of a deep, soulful voice with full on punk guitars is a fairly unique one and really set them apart.