Who needs dull drumming when you can have a single lifeless electronic drumbeat throughout the entire goddamn record? Occasionally, the band decides to throw in a guitar, most likely for the sole purpose of them being able to call themselves a “rock band”. Sleeping With Sirens is embracing the fact that it is very much the Kellin Quinn show by replacing almost all instruments with electronically produced sounds. It’s genuinely impressive how Gossip fails to have a single redeeming factor. However, let’s be real: this record didn’t have a chance anyway. Bendeth, known for having produced other life-changing records such as Of Mice & Men’s Cold World, forces his lifeless production upon Gossip to minimise any chance of succeeding this record might have had in the first place. According to the ‘Behind The Gossip’ videos, producer David Bendeth made the vocalist feel very comfortable during the recording process, which is very evident considering the incredibly dull performance. Even when Empire To Ashes seems to build up to something engaging with some raspier vocals, the song turns to a lazy ***ing ‘woah-oh’ instead. Besides this, he often tries to sing in a lower key and clearly struggles to produce any interesting sounds. Which brings us to the first noticeable problem with Gossip: Kellin sounds terribly restrained. Even when the band gave in to ripping off riffs or bland drumming, Kellin Quinn’s vocal range had the ability to make songs bearable. At times, Sleeping With Sirens was able to create a perfect balance between poppy choruses and more aggressive, guitar driven verses. While definitely worse than their first two albums, I quite enjoyed some songs off Feel and Madness. What was going on in the head of Kellin Quinn and whoever else is in that band when they wrote the songs that ended up on the album? What inspired the pop “rockers” to create one of the worst albums of this year?

For this exact reason, I spent an entire evening watching the ‘Behind The Scenes’ videos of Sleeping With Sirens’ new album Gossip. Their superficial insights into the minds of twisted people is a great way to kill (heh) time. I think I can speak for many of us when I say that serial killer documentaries are interesting. Review Summary: Even worse than its artwork.

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