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Geese (band)

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Geese
Geese performing in 2024
Geese performing in 2024
Background information
OriginBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres
Years active2016 (2016)–present
Labels
Members
Past membersFoster Hudson
Websitegeeseband.com

Geese is an American rock band formed in 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. As of 2024, the band consists of Cameron Winter (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar), Emily Green (guitar), Dominic DiGesu (bass) and Max Bassin (drums). Guitarist Foster Hudson was a member of the group from 2019 until 2023. During live performances, the band is joined by keyboardist Sam Revaz. Formed while the members were attending high school, the group recorded early material in Bassin's basement before signing with Partisan Records and PIAS in 2020.

The band has released four studio albums: A Beautiful Memory (2018), Projector (2021), 3D Country (2023), and Getting Killed (2025). The band's sound blends indie rock, art rock, post-punk, and experimental rock. The members cited The Velvet Underground, Television, The Strokes and Radiohead as influences. Winter's vocal style has been noted by critics for its versatility and stylistic range. In 2026, the band received renewed media attention following a report by Wired regarding algorithmic social media promotional campaigns conducted by music marketing agencies.

History

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2016–2020: Formation and early years

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The band formed in 2016 while the members were attending Brooklyn Friends School and Little Red School House in New York City. During high school, the band practised and recorded material in the basement of Bassin's home in Fort Greene.[1] The first song the band played together after forming was Tame Impala's "Mind Mischief".[2] The band's name came from guitarist Emily Green's nickname "Goose".[3]

They independently released EP, their debut EP, in 2018, followed by an album, A Beautiful Memory, the same year, and a second EP, Bottomless Pink Lagoon, in 2019. All three of these releases have since been removed from streaming platforms.

As a few of the members had received acceptance letters to attend schools such as Oberlin College and the Berklee College of Music, the band had intended to break up once they graduated high school in 2020. Towards mid-2020, however, the band's self-produced demos attracted attention from several record labels, including 4AD, Fat Possum, and Sub Pop. Ultimately, the band signed with Partisan Records.[4]

2021–2023: Projector

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The band released their second album and label debut, Projector, on October 29, 2021 on Partisan Records.[5] It was recorded by the band in Bassin's basement from late 2019 to early 2020, and mixed by Dan Carey.[6] Debut single "Disco" was premiered by Apple Music 1 on June 22, 2021, with Winter telling host Matt Wilkinson about the recording process in Bassin's basement: "It was the first time we got our live set-up working, so we bought a couple more microphones to mic everything properly so we could all play it together instead of overdubbing everything. It was this transcendental moment where we were all really in the zone."[7]

2023–2024: 3D Country and Hudson's departure

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The band released their third studio album, 3D Country on June 23, 2023. It was produced by James Ford. The album had four singles released ahead of the release: "Cowboy Nudes", "3D Country", "Mysterious Love", and "I See Myself". On October 13, 2023, the band released the corresponding EP, 4D Country, featuring unreleased songs from the 3D Country recording sessions.[8]

On December 22, 2023, Geese announced on social media platforms that the guitarist Foster Hudson would be leaving the band to focus on his academic efforts, and that the band would continue as a quartet.[9]

2024–present: Getting Killed and forthcoming fifth studio album

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Cameron Winter performing for Geese in 2024

Winter released his debut solo album, Heavy Metal, on December 6, 2024.[10] The album received widespread critical acclaim, increasing Winter and Geese's exposure significantly in the months following the album's release.

On June 23, 2025, Geese announced a headlining North American tour.[11][12]

On July 8, the band announced their fourth studio album, Getting Killed, and simultaneously released its first single, "Taxes".[13][14] Winter leaked the single "Trinidad" on July 24 during an Instagram livestream. The song was formally released on July 29.[15][16] On August 28, the single "100 Horses" was released and a European tour was announced.[17] The full album released on September 26 to widespread critical acclaim.[18] "Getting Killed" appeared on numerous year-end lists[19][20][21] and was named the best album of 2025 by Stereogum and The New Yorker.[22][23]

On October 1, Geese performed "Taxes" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[24]

In an interview with GQ, it was revealed that the band were recording a potential fifth studio album with producer Kenny Beats during the month of August 2025, with one future track title, "Lyin", revealed during the profile.[25] Winter later disputed the sessions, stating: "That's overblown. I want to put that to rest, because I feel so bad, everyone's getting so excited about it. [A fifth album is] not really what's happening – we're just kind of dicking around [...] That's basically a rumour that GQ has propagated."[26] Drummer Max Bassin elaborated: "To be entirely honest, I want to say maybe [we have been recording an album], but also then I'll talk to Cameron and he'll say 'it's not done. It's not even anywhere done, we've got to cut half of these songs'. So we'll see."[26]

In January 2026, Geese performed "Au Pays du Cocaine" and "Trinidad" on Saturday Night Live from their album Getting Killed.[27]

On April 14, 2026, Wired published an article by John Semley titled "The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Actually Was a Psyop". The article expanded on a Substack post by musician Eliza McLamb highlighting the connection between PR company Chaotic Good Projects and "alternative" acts, in particular Cameron Winter and Geese.[28][29] Quoting from a Billboard interview, she called attention to what Chaotic Good described as "narrative campaigns" which includes creating hundreds of fake social media accounts to drown out comment sections and manipulate algorithms on social media sites such as TikTok.[28][30] In response to the publishing of this piece, Chaotic Good removed mention of Cameron Winter, Geese, and narrative campaigns from their website, though co-founder Adam Tarsia confirmed to Wired later that month that they did engineer campaigns for both Cameron Winter and Geese.[28]

The Wired article has garnered controversy over whether Geese's involvement with Chaotic Good Projects is noteworthy, with some writers saying that many mainstream artists also engage with the same type of algorithmic manipulation as detailed in the narrative campaigns for Geese.[31][32] McLamb herself said that she "[does] not consider Geese to be a 'psy-op'" and did not intend for her initial Substack post to be a hit-piece.[33]

Musical style and influences

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Geese's music has been described as indie rock,[34] art rock,[35] post-punk,[36] and experimental rock.[37] The members have said they are influenced by the Velvet Underground, Television, the Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Radiohead, Women, Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Ween, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Harry Nilsson, the Beatles and Funkadelic.[38][39][40][41]

The band's sound has been compared to a wide array of other New York bands, as well as contemporary British Windmill scene groups such as Black Midi and Squid.[42]

Their music has been compared to "NYC guitar zone-out Zen masters like Television, the Feelies, and Parquet Courts; the early-'00s neo-new wave and dance-punk of the Strokes, the Rapture, and LCD Soundsystem; scads of art-spaz stuff from DNA to Deerhoof to Black Midi; and even a flash of prog touchstones like Yes and Radiohead."[42]

Describing the vocals of Cameron Winter on Projector, Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone said that Winter "can hoist his voice into a Thom Yorke-an falsetto, put on a posh pout à la Julian Casablancas or Ian McCulloch of Echo & the Bunnymen, or lapse into a stentorian yawp that brings to mind Mark E. Smith of the Fall or Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner. Sometimes you can hear it all cross-pollinating within the space of the same three-minute song, making for an album that rewards both short attention spans and deep listening."[42] Ian Blau of Rolling Stone said that "Winter shines throughout [3D Country]. Whether exercising his impressive falsetto on 'I See Myself', or shape-shifting between a yelp, spoken word, and nasally chant on the standout track 'Mysterious Love', or showcasing a more robust version of Alex Turner-style crooning on the eponymous single, '3D Country', he contorts his voice to fit any set of lyrics or musical style."[43]

Members

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Current members

  • Cameron Winter – lead vocals, keyboards (2016–present), guitar (2024–present)
  • Emily Green – guitar (2016–present)
  • Dominic DiGesu – bass (2016–present)
  • Max Bassin – drums (2016–present)

Current touring musicians

  • Sam Revaz – keyboards, keytar (2022–present)

Former members

  • Foster Hudson – guitar, additional vocals (2019–2023)

Timeline

Discography

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Studio albums

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Title Details Peak chart positions
US
[44]		 AUS
[45]		 IRE
[46]		 NZ
[47]		 UK
[46]
A Beautiful Memory —————
Projector —————
3D Country
  • Released: June 23, 2023
  • Label: Partisan, Play It Again Sam
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
 —————
Getting Killed
  • Released: September 26, 2025
  • Label: Partisan, Play It Again Sam
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
 9620232026

Extended plays

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Title Details
EP
  • Released: April 21, 2018
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming[a]
Bottomless Pink Lagoon
  • Released: August 18, 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming[a]
4D Country
  • Released: October 13, 2023
  • Label: Partisan, Play It Again Sam
  • Format: 12", digital download, streaming

Live releases

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Title Details
Alive & in Person
  • Released: June 28, 2024[48]
  • Label: Partisan, Play It Again Sam
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Geese: Live at Third Man Records
  • Released: February 27, 2026[49]
  • Label: Third Man Records, Partisan, Play It Again Sam
  • Format: LP

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
NZ
Hot
[50]		 US AAA
[51]		 US
Alt
[52]		 US
Rock
Air.
[53]
"Low Era" 2020 ———— —[b]
"Bottle" ————
"Disco" 2021 ———— Projector
"Low Era" ————
"Projector" ————
"Cowboy Nudes" 2023 ———— 3D Country
"3D Country" ————
"Mysterious Love" ————
"I See Myself" ————
"Jesse" ———— 4D Country
"Taxes" 2025 ———— Getting Killed
"Trinidad" ————
"100 Horses" ————
"Au Pays du Cocaine" 2026 ————
"Cobra" —38——
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Special edition singles

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Title Details
Au Pays du Cocaine / Cobra
  • Released: February 13, 2026[54]
  • Label: Partisan, Play It Again Sam
  • Format: 7" single

Music videos

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Song Year Director
"Low Era" 2021 Fons Schiedon
"Imploding House" 2022 DJ Nissan Baltimore
"Cowboy Nudes" 2023 Andy Swartz & Cameron Winter
"4D Country"
"Mysterious Love" Geese
"I See Myself" Andy Swartz & Cameron Winter
"St. Elmo" Andy Swartz
"Jesse" Charlotte Tampol
"Taxes" 2025 Noel Paul
"Au Pays du Cocaine" Milo Hume

Tours

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Headlining

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Opening act

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Awards and nominations

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Organisation Year Work Category Result Ref.
American Music Awards 2026 Geese Breakthrough Rock/Alternative Artist Nominated [55]
BBC Radio 1 2026 Sound of 2026 Fourth [56]
Brit Awards 2026 International Group of the Year Won [57]
Libera Awards 2026 Breakthrough Artist Won [58]
Getting Killed Record of the Year Won
Best Alternative Rock Record Won
Marketing Genius Won
Taxes Music Video of the Year Nominated

Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 No longer available on streaming platforms
  2. ↑ Early pre-Projector mix, no longer available on streaming platforms

References

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  1. ↑ Farber, Jim (October 27, 2021). "New York Has a New Band of Buzzy Post-Punk Teens: Geese". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Sound of 2026: How Brooklyn basement band Geese took flight". www.bbc.com. January 6, 2026. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
  3. ↑ Kurutz, Steven (October 2, 2025). "Goose vs. Geese: How to Tell the Bands Apart". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  4. ↑ Olivier, Bobby (August 24, 2021). "Geese Reignites Brooklyn's Indie-Rock Hype Machine". Spin. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  5. ↑ Cohen, Ian. "Geese: Projector". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 28, 2026.
  6. ↑ Graves, Wren (October 29, 2021). "Artist of the Month Geese break down debut album Projector Track by Track: Exclusive". Consequence. Retrieved January 28, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Geese: Matt premieres the band's debut single". Interview starts 32 minutes in: Apple Music 1. June 22, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  8. ↑ Richards, Will (September 10, 2023). "Geese announce 4D Country EP with new single "Jesse"". NME. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Geese frontman Cameron Winter announces solo album Heavy Metal". Dork. November 19, 2024. Archived from the original on June 1, 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  11. ↑ Corcoran, Nina (June 23, 2025). "Geese Announce North American Tour". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  12. ↑ Blistein, Jon (June 23, 2025). "Geese Plot Biggest Headlining Tour Yet with Fall Getting Killed Trek". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 25, 2025. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
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  14. ↑ Green, Walden (July 8, 2025). "Geese Announce New Album Getting Killed, Share Video for New Song "Taxes"". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
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  22. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums Of 2025". stereogum.com. December 2, 2025. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
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  26. 1 2 Griffin, Louis (October 6, 2025). "Geese: Cult Classics". DIY. Archived from the original on October 6, 2025. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
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  28. 1 2 3 "The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Actually Was a Psyop". Wired. April 14, 2026. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  29. ↑ Chavez, María José Gutierrez (April 15, 2026). "Is organic music discovery dead? Geese 'psyop' debate leaves artists frustrated by growing barrier to entry". Fast Company. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  30. ↑ D'Souza, Shaad (April 29, 2026). "Indie music has been invaded by fake fans and cynical viral campaigns. Here's how deep it all goes". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
  31. ↑ Robins-Somerville, Grace (April 15, 2026). "Congratulations, you discovered digital marketing". Paste. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
  32. ↑ Pace-McCarrick, Solomon (April 16, 2026). "If Geese are a psy-op, so is everything else". Dazed. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
  33. ↑ McLamb, Eliza [@elizamclamb] (April 14, 2026). "My final say on all this..." (Tweet). Retrieved April 17, 2026 – via X (formerly Twitter).
  34. ↑ Rachel Aroesti (September 26, 2025). "Geese: Getting Killed review – Cameron Winter and co's surreal, swaggering spectacular". The Guardian.
  35. ↑ Ryan Dillon (September 24, 2025). "Geese Push Their Amorphic Rock To Its Limits On Captivating 'Getting Killed' (ALBUM REVIEW)". Glide Magazine.
  36. ↑ Timothy Monger. "Geese". AllMusic.
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  39. ↑ McKeown, Rory (October 25, 2021). "Geese interview: Hotly-tipped New Yorkers delve into stunning debut album Projector". Daily Star. Archived from the original on September 20, 2024. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
  40. ↑ Kawakami, Naz (June 30, 2023). "Geese Are a Band You Should Know". Monster Children.
  41. ↑ Markham, Sam (September 19, 2025). "Geese Interview". Still Listening Magazine.
  42. 1 2 3 Dolan, Jon (October 28, 2021). "Geese Are Legit Indie-Rock Prodigies, Straight Out of High School". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  43. ↑ Blau, Ian (June 21, 2023). "Geese Get Bluesier, Proggier, Dancier, Slicker, Rougher, Weirder, Better on 3D Country". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 24, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  44. ↑ "Billboard 200: Week of October 11, 2025". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 7, 2025. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  45. ↑ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. February 16, 2026. Retrieved February 13, 2026.
  46. 1 2 "Geese songs and albums | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on October 9, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  47. ↑ "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. February 13, 2026. Retrieved February 13, 2026.
  48. ↑ "Alive & In Person". Partisan Records. June 28, 2024.
  49. ↑ "Geese: Live At Third Man Records". Third Man Records. January 13, 2026.
  50. ↑ "Official Hot 40 Singles". Recorded Music NZ. October 3, 2025. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
  51. ↑ "Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay: Week of January 24, 2026". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2025.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  53. ↑ "Rock & Alternative Airplay: Week of February 7, 2026". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  54. ↑ "URBAN OUTFITTERS CELEBRATES VALENTINE'S DAY WITH "LOVE ME, LOVE ME NOT" SINGLES VINYL RELEASE". PR Newswire. February 13, 2025.
  55. ↑ Atkinson, Katie (May 25, 2026). "Here Are the 2026 American Music Awards Winners: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  56. ↑ "How Geese took flight to become 'Gen Z's first great American band'". BBC. January 6, 2026. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  57. ↑ Chelosky, Danielle (February 28, 2026). "Geese Win First Award, Say "Free Palestine, Fuck ICE, Go Geese!"". Stereogum. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  58. ↑ Grein, Paul (June 9, 2026). "Geese & Oklou Win Big at 2026 Libera Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
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