{"id":2341076,"date":"2026-03-22T16:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T16:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2341076"},"modified":"2026-03-22T16:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T16:41:51","slug":"geese-review-all-hail-the-new-saviours-of-rocknroll-geese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/geese-review-all-hail-the-new-saviours-of-rocknroll-geese\/","title":{"rendered":"Geese review \u2013 all hail the new saviours of rock\u2019n\u2019roll | Geese"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2018T<\/span>he last time we played here, we played on a boat,\u201d Cameron Winter murmurs in a rare moment of between-song chat. There are also quite a few boats bobbing around in the Geese<\/a> singer\u2019s lyrics, seemingly symbolising both freedom and confinement, but right now he is being perfectly literal. The vessel in question was Thekla, a cargo ship turned venue moored in Bristol harbour that is roughly an eighth of the size of the room that greets the Brooklyn indie-rock band tonight.<\/p>\n

Geese\u2019s rise since that 2023 show has been precipitous. Thanks to the acclaim that met their fourth LP, Getting Killed<\/a>, last autumn, less than a year after Winter\u2019s solo bow Heavy Metal earned similar plaudits, theirs is now the name on the lips of anyone left with a desire to anoint new saviours of rock\u2019n\u2019roll. Spend 90 minutes watching them perform, though, and you too may come around to that way of thinking.<\/p>\n

Stalking on stage as the crowd belt out their name in a football chant, Geese swerve any expectations of a fast start by teasing out the intro to Husbands, its low rumble gradually taking hold. Winter, his face hidden beneath the hood of his sweatshirt, allows a couple of lines to fall from his mouth before cutting loose in the chorus, teeing up a surge into Getting Killed\u2019s riffy title track.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>Guitarist Emily Green<\/span> Photograph: Lewis Evans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They delight in this sort of switcheroo, pivoting from the shimmering introspection of Cobra into Bow Down, where bassist Dominic DiGesu and drummer Max Bassin conjure convulsive rhythmic thrills. Playing off Winter\u2019s malleable voice \u2013 a bruised baritone one minute, half-garbled fire and brimstone the next \u2013 guitarist Emily Green covers a remarkable amount of ground, delivering dextrous blues, squalling feedback and, during Islands of Men, sinewy leads that recall late-period Fugazi.<\/p>\n

After Winter sings, \u201cThere is only dance music in times of war,\u201d during 100 Horses, Green and pianist Sam Revaz flood in, splitting the difference between Happy Mondays\u2019 Step On and Benmont Tench sparring with Tom Petty. In moments such as this, Geese\u2019s music feels both historically literate and viscerally of the moment. Sometimes, just sometimes, the hype is justified.<\/p>\n