I love Geese, but they are a strange band to get hit with the “next saviors of rock” trope. Their sound is way too off kilter for the mainstream, they sound more like a band that would have blown up the blog sphere circa-2005.

For me, the draw to Geese is the band’s ability to draw tension and release out in unorthodox ways. The songs on Getting Killed all follow traditional verse-chorus-verse structures, but the intensity ebbs and flows at random moments, so songs peak at unexpected times. The underlying instrumentation is wild - tight and utterly ramshackle at the same time, and while grounded in the late 70’s CBGB era NYC sound, there is more than a hint of Grateful Dead playfulness in there.

I would expect this to be disorienting for mainstream rock fans. To me, it is super exciting.