Under the Gun Review

Artist: Gossip
Album: A Joyful Noise
Genre: Indie rock/dance/post-punk
Label: Columbia Records

Gossip (formerly The Gossip) describe themselves as ‘soul discharge’ on their Facebook page. I’m keeping that description, because it captures their sound perfectly. They’re a striking mixture of classic status and soul beats with pervasive indie pop mentality. There’s dance and punk and rock, all smelted in a furnace of engrossing brilliance. The band has consistently shown their taste for slick, catchy anthems anchored by smoking bass lines and allied to the astounding vocals of Beth Ditto. A Joyful Noise adds another exquisite record to their collection. It’s …