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

lol deej

I've actually been thinking about getting one of those clipboard email list sign-up sheets like we used to do back in the day just to see if anyone would sign up

fwiw I love it when local show promoters email me about shows (I'm not on FB and have lost interest in IG). keeping up with live music is a chore now, and I would honestly pay for someone to just email me every two weeks with the equivalent of an old alt weekly's listings

Pearl clutching aside, to me it seems pretty reasonable to push back against this kind of thing. Obviously marketing is necessary. but relying on bots to boost visibility online sounds pretty scummy to me. Is that really such a controversial opinion? Even if it's a common practice, that's no reason to just accept it and say "that's just how the industry works." I'm not a pro performer, I'm not trying to build a career based on having an audience, so maybe it's easy for me to say this, but surely artists can be successfully promoted without resorting to light fraud?

a paper-based email list was a huge part of how two djs here got big locally. this was the early 2000s but i bet people would find it refreshing now.

If email listings really took off, a similar thing would almost certainly end up occurring. People paying to be near the top of the list etc.

not necessarily. I currently use this and it does not do that: https://exclaim.ca/music/concerts

Pearl clutching aside, to me it seems pretty reasonable to push back against this kind of thing. Obviously marketing is necessary. but relying on bots to boost visibility online sounds pretty scummy to me. Is that really such a controversial opinion? Even if it's a common practice, that's no reason to just accept it and say "that's just how the industry works." I'm not a pro performer, I'm not trying to build a career based on having an audience, so maybe it's easy for me to say this, but surely artists can be successfully promoted without resorting to light fraud?

― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Friday, April 17, 2026 2:23 PM (forty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah I dont think jordan or I are 'defending' the practice but against the backdrop of like, the US government bought the tiktok app to tamp down on protests against the genocide in gaza and ramp up propaganda efforts, I think asking for 'government regulation' as a fix here is basically asking for things to get worse in some new terrible way...the government seems mainly set on making every part of america like getting airline tickets (would you like to pay more to be able to get a refund? for legroom? to bring a bag with you?)

government can proscribe fraud and prosecute violators but ppl must demand it

i'm curious how much of an impact all this stuff has really had because the way geese have blown up doesn't really feel very different to other cases of indie rock bands with really hyped critical breakthrough albums? like they're prominent for an indie rock band but still not that big. social media discourse has been more deranged than usual though, sure

like maybe all this social media marketing at most pushed them up one tier of popularity that they wouldn't have reached yet?

plus only that ROSALÍA album was maybe more universally praised than Getting Killed last year. People who actively seek new music couldn't help but to see them hyped.

This is a particularly insidious form of marketing and it is disappointing geese engaged in it, or their pr firm did. But the album wouldn’t have blown up if there wasn’t something there for people to connect with.

Here’s the real psyop. Write an article so Rick Beato reads it and does a video on it. That then leads to his 5.6 million subscribers to find out there’s a band called Geese they had never heard of before. Now that’s some serious 18 dimensional chess.

Rick Beato is the ultimate indie tastemaker, it's true

But the 5.6 million subscribers aren't going to check out Geese, because they refuse to listen to anything made after 1989.

Geese have been around for millions of years

when are geese going to release an album called honkin' on bobo

Geese are totally the kind of band who would cover that album song for song

Speaking of, I watched Geese play Coachella wk2 and he said something to the effect of "We had a shitty week" and the set blew, it wasn't good. They were pissed off and off, played three songs from 3D Country. Wk1 was so good too.

Interesting. I watched the week 2 set and thought they were great as usual. And the camera cutting was way better.

Honkin' On Beato

Ok, answering my question, looks like Geese will be back here on Halloween, upgrading from two (iirc) sold out nights at a 900 seat venue last time to one night at a 4000 seat venue this time. A logical progression, I'd say, especially if it sells out, which it probably will.

They're playing two nights (so far) @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_interments_at_Hollywood_Forever_Cemetery

Geese added a third night here in LA but Spotify presale is already sold out. Does that mean they are sold out, sold out?

I mean, they're the hot band of the year, aren't they? There's always one.

presales are usually separate ticket allocations to the general sale?

all bots anyway

I mean, they're the hot band of the year, aren't they?

I thought the hot band of the year was Angine de Poitrine.

I would expect these shows to sell out in minutes.

if angine poitrine turn out to know chaotic good i am going to mime that i am crying

Angine de Poitrine is at their 3D Country stage until the Best of 2026 lists come out.

If Angine Poitrine turn out to know chaotic good actually be members of Geese, then hats off, well-played.

angine’s had a sold out concert in September for months in DC

We are all Angine de Poitrine, in our own way.

Otm

French for "hungry for poutine."

Geese for free

https://i.ibb.co/N2H4cTwd/Goose-Chase.png

Tickets at the Hollywood Cemetery, for all three shows are sold out. I didn’t check an hour ago when the general public sale started but does seem like it was possibly sold out via presale. $72 per.

Damn you gotta buy tix to cemeteries now?

People are dying to get in, etc.

I would expect these shows to sell out in minutes.

― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, April 30, 2026 5:56 PM (yesterday)

This seems to be true. I spot checked a few cities and they were Sold Out. Only Petco Park wasn't but that place is huge as it's a baseball park.

like i dont know how these “markets” work. what % of tickets actually are bought by fans for personal use? arent they all bought by agents or brokers or something anyway?

The Hollywood Forever Cemetery shows don't allow resale, so all fans. But I don't know how it usually works. I'm usually able to get tickets to just about anything without going through secondary markets. But supply and demand does happen.

Cameron Winter went to pay his respects to Haruomi Hosono on a recent trip to Japan. Maybe he really will make Tropical Dandy someday

Did the company that made the fake tik toks for Geese also create this cardboard record stand holder that says “Geese a real band” that I am looking at in Revolver Record store in Buffalo, NY?

maybe people were looking for geese noises?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yp1Qq0LXCE

whomever wrote the sign forgot the verb, sounds like AI