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.
#SLEEPING WITH SIRENS GOSSIP ALBUM REVIEW SERIAL#
I think I can speak for many of us when I say that serial killer documentaries are interesting. Sleeping With Sirens have produced some of their finest work to date here, and the overall result is a welcome return to form from a band who, not so long ago, appeared to have lost their way.Review Summary: Even worse than its artwork. Similarly, closing track Dying To Believe adds some well-intentioned variation into the mix, but it’s rather ploddy throughout, failing to provide the grand finale that this album seems to be building up to.ĭespite the odd misstep, though, How It Feels To Be Lost still feels like a win.
Brooding dark-pop anthem Ghost provides a welcome and atmospheric change of pace, but the tameness of electro-infused cut Another Nightmare feels little more than simple metalcore-by-numbers. That said, there remains an element of eclecticism to Sleeping With Sirens’ efforts that yields mixed results. Agree To Disagree is another impressive rager, and it also happens to be home to some of the most delightfully emo lyrics penned this year, as frontman Kellin Quinn forcefully explains how ‘ Y ou can keep the sun ‘cause I like the night time better’. Break Me Down is a hard-hitting, rampant number featuring fizzing guitars and the kind of hooks that are born for festival stages, and although the undeniable bounce of Never Enough is structured for maximum catchiness, it still possesses some killer riffs and plenty of gusto. Comeback single Leave It All Behind – up there with the best songs Sleeping With Sirens have ever written – is the sound of a band reinvigorated, embracing a heavier direction while retaining the knack for a monster chorus, and even though few songs on How It Feels To Be Lost match this opening track in terms of impact, many successfully follow its aggressive-yet-catchy blueprint.
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