Geese

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Getting Killed is the upcoming fourth studio album by American rock band Geese. It is scheduled to be released on September 26, 2025, through Partisan Records and Play It Again Sam.

1. Trinidad
2. Cobra
3. Husbands
4. Getting Killed
5. Islands of Men
6. 100 Horses
7. Half Real
8. Au Pays du Cocaine
9. Bow Down
10. Taxes
11. Long Island City Here I Come

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phh3oVCtzBg

I think this band should get their own thread, so I stated one.

Excited for this! Loved the last one, but really don't get the hype over Cameron's solo record. Just couldn't grab onto that one.

I have yet to hear the band, but out of context I was amused by this headline.

https://i.imgur.com/SqzcL3l.jpeg

honk honk

i will definitely be checking out the new album! i like this band

new single sounds fantastic imo. classic geese! honk honk

this band should tour with Goose and call it the 'Ducks Tour'

Single is great, sounds like it's live at first and then turns into the studio version.

i thought so too but then listened on spotify as well and think they used a different mix for the video to get that effect ?

"taxes" is wonderful

I could have sworn I started a Geese thread back when I heard '3D Country', which was a fantastic song I think Bee OK nommed in EOY a coupl eof years ago. Anyway, I'm looking forward to this new one a lot.

I discovered them live as they opened for Spoon on the Lucifer on the Sofa tour. They ended up on ILMs Top 77 tracks poll.

Didn't even hear Heavy Metel, the solo album from the lead singer but looking forward to new Geese.

Still great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m1abZODAJ0

yeah that's the song that got me into them. the last album was fun, but that remains a highlight

first track on this is absurdly promising and i look forward to listening to the rest once i'm awake

i had forgotten about this but now am looking forward

lol this was produced by kenny beats? he did a phenomenal job, it sounds fantastic

First song is mind-numbing brilliant, can't wait to hear the rest.

RYM is freaking out insanely over this even by its own freakout standards, will have to tune in

Yeah, this isn't for me, harmonically and melodically close to worthless despite the arrangements and lyricism

Perhaps, but the first song is in 13/4, so it's very much still for me :)

The first song and Half Real were thr highlights for me, more going on musically in those two

it's some decent songs that are absolutely being elevated by the production & arrangements. maybe that will mean i get tired of it before long but there's a lot to like for now

this is a bit jammier and less immediate than their previous but I'm expecting it to kick in on repeat plays

found it really boring

I have to admit I've had it on in the background around two or three times today and not that much has jumped out at me yet. It's just kind of a "noise" at this stage and no one song has really revealed itself among the others. Still think this might be a grower though

Ive never heard of this band before but wow, I hate this. I think I’m officially old. Do they have the best PR team money can buy or something?

At least their band name gives you a pretty good indication of how hard they work on their music.

I'd like to know what people HATE about them to be honest. There's nothing terribly offensive going on here to my ears.

i think the singer has one of the more interesting voices in rock n roll, and it elevated a handful of tracks on the previous album. i was particularly into the tracks that for sounded like they were approaching Steely Dan territory ... but it also seems to me that they are really really interested in projecting an image of nonchalance and that they don't take anything too seriously, and this album seems to amplify that. this coupled with the fact that whoever writes the songs is a terrible lyricist, i think ultimately is a disservice to them and their style. it's just kind of eclectic and unfocused in a way that i find really boring and unappealing, i wish they were more keen on honing the songcraft because they have style and charisma for days but it just feels like it's not being put to good use

Ive never heard this band before but wow, I love this. I think I’m officially sold. Do they have the best production team money can buy or something?

Yeah, part of the attraction of the last album was the luxuriant Gaucho-era Dan stylings of songs like 3D Country (which I still think is fantastic).

Not sure if nonchalance is necessarily what they're necessarily projecting here. Rather it's a much more stripped-down sound that leans away from their poppier side and way into a raggedy, more jam-influenced vibe.

It gives me the impression of a crazed Southern preacher sermonising paranoid rants about taxes and whatnot. It's a stylised flex, and there's a lot of energy in its delivery and the way they experimented with jazzy chops too. I'd say it's different to, say, Malkmusian slacker rock. I don't hear a lot of "can't be arsed" in here.

That said, there's not a lot for me to really sink my teeth into on this one either. Maybe it merits closer listening but this one is missing that pop element that made songs like 3D Country so great. Without it, these songs feel a bit rudderless, a bit abstract and freeform.

Like the Belgian band dEUS, they're at their best when they strike the balance between classic pop and jazzy freakouts, which isn't happening so much here

dEUS rules

That'ssomethibg we can all agree on

Oops, sorry, phone

Pitchfork gave this a 9.0. At work but will listen later.

Ive never heard this band before but wow, I love this. I think I’m officially sold. Do they have the best production team money can buy or something?

― Evan, 26. september 2025 19:20 (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

It's hiphop-producer Kenny Beats, and it's a really inspired choice.

I actually do like what I heard so far, but also that post was a stupid joke post mostly for my own amusement.

I'm not sure I'm sold on the production (or maybe the mastering?) There's a lot going on here but the lack of dynamics often makes it feel like a soup

Enjoying 'Bow Down'

But... after the album was over '2122' from the previous album came on and I dunno, it really hit the spot. Feels like the singer is being a lot more one-note in his style than on the previous one where he seemed to be trying out a lot of different things, from an Elvisy baritone to intense caterwauling. On this new one he's settled into this slightly irritating tenor that grates after a while

I liked this on first listen, though I broke it off in two parts. I have seen them live so I have a different tolerance for the Jim Morrison thing he has going on. The lyrics do leave a lot to be desired however. "Taxes" is a definite highlight.

i didn't mean to imply that i think the music sounds slacky or underperformed à la Pavement. what i meant was that i get the sense they lean on eclecticism and "random" lyrics in order to avoid being pinned as a band that's trying too hard to craft a set of excellent songs. i don't get Zappa vibes from them at all, but it does strike me as being a distant cousin to his brand of zany Verfremdungseffekt

i haven't paid too much attention to the lyrics yet

about half the songs here are really good and the others feel like sketches that they've done a good job at dressing up with their noodling but i'm not sure if they're going to hold up to repeat listens

I liked this on first listen. Maybe I just don't listen to enough indie rock, but the two things I heard were, broadly, an Arcade Fire/Wolf Parade pomposity and gangbusting wall of sound, and Big Thief-coded Lenker tumble of line-delivery and lyrical nakedness.

Reminds me ofl Soul Coughing (this is a wonderful thing)

I'm hearing 70s Miles in some of this. "Trinidad" sounds a lot like "Honky Tonk" from Get Up With It and the percussion (tablas?) on "Taxes" and "Husbands" is very On the Corner

They played here last night (and are playing again tonight; both very sold out). Paraphrased report from an Actual Teenager who went (with his parents): "Their recent work doesn't translate that well to live performances because it has a lot of back up vocals and other production that they don't make any attempt to reproduce. They're solid performers, seem really young and not sure why they are industry favorites."

I just noticed that the guitar player was a women so I looked it up. Emily Green transition recently and missed that until now.

Baby, you can stay with me and nobody would care:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGE-JRsJ2uo

xp interesting, i would have thought the 3d country songs would be more difficult to translate live. clips i saw from last nights show looked great

Au Pays Du might be my favorite tune on the album. I’ve heard it said the song is about the relationship between Cameron and his polyamorous mother when he was a young child. The music video definitely doesn’t dispute that. Heartbreakingly beautiful song.

flopson - right? the new stuff sounds a lot more raw and "live" than the 3D Country stuff which is back-ups galore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6EJxjdRPAw

They played here last night (and are playing again tonight; both very sold out). Paraphrased report from an Actual Teenager who went (with his parents): "Their recent work doesn't translate that well to live performances because it has a lot of back up vocals and other production that they don't make any attempt to reproduce. They're solid performers, seem really young and not sure why they are industry favorites."

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, October 16, 2025 6:45 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

cameron winter also has two solo shows at the rockefeller chapel at u of c in december, which seems preferable to me to seeing geese at a bigger venue, but they are also very very sold out (stubhub has a couple of tix for like $300)

the clips I’ve seen of those chapel shows are amazing

i saw a kranky records anniversary show at rockefeller chapel a few years ago that was amazing, they had a sick light/laser show on the walls
also saw ellen arkbro perform an organ piece at different u of c chapel last year - i think it was supposed to be at rockefeller but got moved

I saw Low there, and it ruled.

The hype is really insane, tickets on the second hand market are going for 4-figures at some venues.

Impressive, now I want to hear the full song.

i don't bring this all up to defend geese specifically, i've not listened to a note of their music or of cameron winter's solo stuff. when people start bringing up tom waits and thom yorke and shit... not my bag.

― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, October 1, 2025 5:24 PM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink

i actually think j0rd might like getting killed. i don't like tom waits either and it's way better than anything by radiohead. there's definitely something to the thom yorke comparison but he's not being british makes a big difference

i actually think j0rd might like getting killed.

I blinked three times at this wow

lol

going so far as to italicize the threat for emphasis seemed a little gratuitous

Ok I know people hate Radiohead for extra-musical reasons these days, but lol at the idea that this record (which I enjoyed!) has anything happening on that level.

(same with Tom Waits in a different sense, but I know some people can't take the voice)

For other uses, see Getting Killed (disambiguation).

the vox remind me more of cold war kids or cage the elephant than waits or yorke. "half real" is the keeper for me.

if the waits thing came just from me, I said specifically he does not sound like tom waits. I was making more of a vibe comparison, they both have a big/distinctive voice over rattly percussion and warped blues guitar. but overall they sound very different

i don't think it came from you per se -- Jordan s/t in the Heavy Metal thread in May: "Heard him described as Tom Waitsian without actually sounding like Tom Waits"

this album is a bit weirdly sequenced. i don’t dislike any of the songs on the first half but it’s really backheavy. i find i often just listen to ‘100 horses’ through to ‘long island’

xp- i’m not a radiohead hater (for reasons musical or extramusical), i respect their game, but it’s not something i would ever put on voluntarily at this point, and id probably be mildly irked if i was subject to listening to it out in public for an extended period.

thanks for reminding me why I will never read any of your posh bullshit melt posts, flopson

“taxes” is the posh melt geese fan’s song of choice

obv this taxpayers alliance op of a rock band are just everything you love about music!

oh good calzino is here and doing posts

keep your beef out of this poultry thread

https://i.imgur.com/h4fiuFX_d.webp

what the hell, calzino

sorry I won't bother this thread or poster flopson any more, I'm gone!

posh melt geese virgin vs chavvy radiohead chad

geese up, hos down!

good morning!

I want to like this even more after just how mad the album made Jim DeRogatis. Greg Kot hated it too, but I've not heard DeRo get this mad about something in a long time. He called it one of the worst records he's ever heard in his life.

lol

https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-get-cameron-winters-hair-according-to-a-hairstylist

I just bought some cleansing cream and hair wax

Hilarious hockey-hair ref

It’s instamatic and it has such flair.

maybe it would sound better if the guy closed his mouth after each word? idk

Geese - You Get What You Give (New Radicals cover)

What a cover 👏🏻pic.twitter.com/Ytq6aYnuVu

— The Rock Revival (@TheRockRevival_) November 5, 2025

I despise that song so much.

lmao if you cant vibe with cam's mush mouth delivery why are you even in this thread

"vibe with"

correct

https://www.stereogum.com/2328953/new-radicals-gregg-alexander-reacts-to-geeses-you-get-what-you-give-cover/news/

Now, frontman Gregg Alexander (of the New Radicals’) says “Geese must truly be the coolest new band since the White Stripes, because my phone ain’t blown up like this since New Radicals announced reforming for just one day for the 2021 Presidential Inauguration in defiance of the raid on the Capitol,” Alexander begins. He continues:

So I was confused at first by the dozens of texts I awoke to in Nashville Wednesday. Pals forwarding me headlines that there’s “Geese performing live” on BBC ONE who are taking “You Get What You Give” to artistic new heights?!

So I rushed on-line to discover Geese’s music, and by the end of the first chorus of their instant classic “Taxes,” I realized they’re not just the coolest band in decades…they’re one of the best. What a lyric, “Doctor, heal yourself!…I will break my own heart?!

Get What You Give is great lol but im not emoitonally prepared to hear a geese version rn

^^^ dreamer's disease imo

William Tyler, confirmed Geese hater

I wish

— william tyler (@williamtylertn) November 8, 2025

you're doing the lords work

— william tyler (@williamtylertn) November 8, 2025

NOOOOOOO it's SOOOOO bad hahaha

— william tyler (@williamtylertn) November 9, 2025