"Gospel
Gossip is the only band that falls under the category of 'shoegaze'
that drives me to dance. I'm not talking about swaying my shoulders
while my feet are in place like a good indie kid. I'm talking about
the kind of dancing that you hope either breaks something or gets
you laid. Their post punk influences surface most evidently in the
throbbing bass lines and danceable drums that make you seize like
Ian Curtis. A true psychedelic experience lies in the crunchy overlay
of swirling guitar and floating vocal melodies. It may seem nice
and fun, but when the time comes...and it definitely comes, they
lay into their instruments creating a cacophonic wall of sound as
their eyes roll back into their universal head, and sweat beads,
and people end up on their knees with arched backs and, hell, maybe
even curled toes. That's just what has to happen."
-Max Clark, Unicorn Basement |
