The title-track itself fails to strike the mark as an impactful opener, while ‘Trouble’, ‘Cheers’, and ‘The Chase’ present a serious lack of dynamics and some lacklustre lyricism. While there are indeed some strong tracks and highlights throughout ‘Gossip’, they all end up being filtered out and overlooked by the amount of repetitiveness that’s infused into the rest of the release. ‘Closer’ is one of the most fluid moments on the entire record, and sees vocalist Kellin Quinn show off his melodic chops during the smooth chorus, while a simple drum beat fills out the space left by the lack of guitars nicely. ‘Legends’, while lyrically is admittedly incredibly cheesy, bares a strong resemblance to Fall Out Boy‘s anthem ‘Centuries’, and the sing-a-long chorus is bound to go over well in a live environment. With some driving guitars and a punchy chorus, it’s the rockiest track on the album. ‘Empire To Ashes’ shows some homage to their post-hardcore roots, acting as a well-done transition between the darker sound that they began their career with and the poppy direction that they’re clearly heading towards. While it’s not necessarily a bad collection of songs, in fact quite a few tracks work well as stand alone cuts, as an album it leaves a lot to be desired.
However, with Sleeping With Sirens‘ fifth album, ‘Gossip’, this unfortunately isn’t the case.
While many bands in recent years have gravitated towards a more pop-orientated direction as their success began to swell, namely the likes of Fall Out Boy and Set It Off, in some cases it works wonders and acts as a refreshing defined direction. With their first two full-length albums ‘With Ears To See And Eyes To Hear’ and ‘Let’s Cheers To This’ hosting hit singles ‘If I’m James Dean, You’re Audrey Hepburn’ and ‘You Can’t Hang…’ respectively, they managed to lift them up from the successes of the underground and into the limelight.
The group is known primarily for the versatility of vocalist Kellin Quinn's leggero tenor vocal range, along with the heavy sound used on their early work and the pop influences they used later into their career.For many of the younger generation, Floridians Sleeping With Sirens were and indeed continue to undoubtedly be an introduction to the alternative music scene. Their sixth studio album "How It Feels to Be Lost" was released on September 6, 2019, through Sumerian Records. Their fifth studio album, Gossip, was released on September 22, 2017, on Warner Bros. 3 on the US Billboard 200, and a fourth album entitled Madness was released on March 17, 2015, through Epitaph Records and spawned the single "Kick Me". Their second album Let's Cheers to This was released in 2011 and became a breakout for the band, thanks to the popular single "If You Can't Hang." The group's third album Feel debuted at No. The band rose to fame with their song "If I'm James Dean, You're Audrey Hepburn", the lead single from their debut album With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear which was released in 2010. The group is currently signed to Sumerian Records and have released five full-length albums and an acoustic EP. The band was formed in 2009 by members of For All We Know and Paddock Park. The band currently consists of Kellin Quinn (vocals, keyboards), Jack Fowler (lead guitar), Nick Martin (rhythm guitar), and Justin Hills (bass). Sleeping with Sirens is an American rock band from Orlando, Florida currently residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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