Gossip are again with particulars of their first album in 11 years, ‘Real Power’, together with lovely new single ‘Crazy Again’. Check it out under together with some unique perception from the band.
The Beth Ditto-fronted indie icons haven’t launched an album since 2012’s ‘A Joyful Noise‘. Now, the ‘Standing In The Way Of Control’ trio will launch their sixth album ‘Real Power’ in March 2024, produced once more by Rick Rubin after he labored on the band’s 2009 album ‘Music For Men‘. It was Rubin who inspired the band to reunite and begin recording once more after they celebrated the album’s tenth anniversary with a tour in 2019.
“Getting to work with Rick once more was a real present!” the band solely informed NME. “He doesn’t remotely care about outdoors opinions round what you possibly can or needs to be making. He creates calm, constructive, open spaces- emotional house and the precise bodily vibe of his studio – that make you free to experiment.
“We felt genuinely cared about and supported. We’re each such maniacs, he’s wonderful at serving to us focus the chaos. We had been writing like loopy, there are most likely 30-40 songs and bits of issues that got here out of it, simply throwing all the things in opposition to the wall and having the most effective time! It’s not solely about music, Rick helps you join with your self and all the things else comes out of that. It’s a deep jam. We belief him fully.”
Their return is previewed by the launch single ‘Crazy Again’ – a simmering and refined but soulful dose of piano-tinged electro-pop that sees Ditto tenderly singing of “being in love and feeling so protected”.
A video for the monitor shall be launched at 9am GMT at the moment (Friday November 17). Directed by previous collaborator Ssion (Perfume Genius, King Princess), the clip was shot in Kansas City and reminds followers of the band’s inimitable chemistry.
‘Real Power’ was recorded at Rubin’s house studio in Kauai in between the COVID pandemic and lockdown, and comes described by a press launch as “an 11-track celebration of inventive expression, and the facility of chosen household within the aftermath of collective and private trauma”.
“When we started, a lot about Gossip was about working away – that was all the time within the music,” mentioned Ditto. “We survived. We got here from nothing, and we acquired the fuck out of there. And to be right here 20 years later and nonetheless making music collectively is simply unimaginable.”
Gossip launch ‘Real Power’ on March 22. Check out the paintings and tracklist under.
The tracklisting for ‘Real Power’ is:
1. ‘Act Of God’
2. ‘Real Power’
3. ‘Don’t Be Afraid’
4. ‘Crazy Again’
5. ‘Edge Of The Sun’
6. ‘Give It Up For Love’
7. ‘Turn The Card’
8. ‘Tell Me Something’
9. ‘Light It Up’
10. ‘Tough’
11. ‘Peace And Quiet’
Ditto launched her debut solo album ‘Fake Sugar’ in 2017, and has additionally spent a lot of the previous decade working throughout music and trend and campaigning for feminist & LGBTQ+ rights.
