Geese must be in strong consideration for best rock band going around these days. Getting Killed continues their experimentation in what it takes to be a great band in the twenty twenties. Is rock dead? Hell no, and it ain’t ever gonna die.
Opening with Trinidad, we immediately get everything we come to expect from Geese – great guitar licks from Emily Green (probably the best rock guitarist right now), Cameron Winter’s melodic and chaotic vocals, and the tight rhythm section consisting of Dominic DiGesu (bass) and Max Bassin (drums). “There’s a bomb in my car” is instantly quotable and already has a t-shirt line.
A few moments of quietness, but not really quiet and still plenty catchy, we get Cobra and Husbands, and then back into chaos with Getting Killed; the albums balance is spot on.
Getting Killed continues this way and doesn’t let up. Bow Down is a masterful highlight that mixes interesting rhythm with a soaring, melodic chorus.
Overall the album, like the three that come before it, is the kind that you just want to listen to front to back – it’s not any one single that stands out and dominates – every track is listenable in a different way, with influences coming everywhere from Zeppelin to Radiohead, but never sounding like anything other than Geese. If they can keep making music like this, the future of rock looks good.