Blog: Idolator

The studio version of the Gossip's new single "Heavy Cross"- teased last week in this space -is now streaming from the band's MySpace page . The nervous interplay between the twitchy disco guitars and Beth Ditto's strangely neutered voice sounds straight out of a freestyle comp -but then the rest of the band kicks in, and... well, if you liked "Standing In The Way Of Control" but thought that it just didn't sound flattened-out enough, "Heavy Cross" may be for you. The meanest-but-probably-truest commentary comes from a Stranger [...]