Over the weekend, an overwhelming vision of geese honking at me kept reappearing to me–one that was certainly not a side effect of sleep deprivation–creating an uncontrollable urge to finally listen to the band that had been plaguing my perfectly curated algorithm for months, Geese.
Formed by frontman Cameron Winter, who provides the main vocals for the band, Geese has taken over the alternative rock online space with the release of their latest album “Getting Killed” in September of 2025 and the resurgence of Winter’s 2024 solo album “Heavy Metal”, Geese has become a sensation in the alt-rock genre, channeling the same feeling of classic alt-rock bands like Neutral Milk Hotel and Violent Femmes with their sound.
Upon listening to Geese and their “Getting Killed” album, there is no doubt that their success is deserved. The album is such an experience that paints a unique and artistic story in each song, each song strings together flawlessly that conveys a feeling of impending doom in this heavenly and spiritual way that separates “Getting Killed” from every other contemporary alternative album in the genre. The way Geese was able to portray and express such strong emotions throughout 45 minutes of the album showed just how remarkably talented the group is.
“Getting Killed” begins with “Trinidad”, a powerful and jarring track that establishes the aesthetic of the album, a perfect starting piece for the tracklist, allowing the listener to become acquainted to the tense, positively unnerving feeling and unravel with each song as the album spirals into a refreshing and airy tone. Every track was orchestrated with careful attention to detail from the band. The instrumental accompanying the tracklist is gentle and showcases a broad variety of emotions with the composition, unique to every listening experience. The strong and emotional instrumental compliments vocalist Cameron Winter’s strained vocals reminiscent of Rolling Stones’ vocalist Mick Jagger with the way Winter is able to display raw feeling in his most emotionally charged tracks like “Au Pays du Cocaine” and “Islands of Men”.
A highlight from the album is the track “Au Pays Du Cocaine”, a song that stands out from the rest of the albums stacked tracklist with how well it exemplifies the feeling of desperation and devotion for a loved one, the track allows itself to be sorrowful but not in a way that pushes that emotion onto the listener. The composition of the song is so well executed and is very successful at leaving that feeling of an emptiness in your stomach once the track ends, being able to trigger a raw and strong feeling in the listener is done perfectly with “Au Pays Du Cocaine”, truly making it stand out from the rest of the tracklist.
Overall, “Getting Killed” by Geese deserves every ounce of recognition it has been receiving and Geese as a band is something absolutely worth checking out. It’s difficult to stand out and succeed in the modern music industry, as well as produce an album that has such a positively unnerving and deep tone to its tracklist but Geese did it best.
