Geese

Emerging from Brooklyn as an edgy post-punk group, Geese achieved an unlikely ascent that carried them from teenage performers active in their local scene to an act drawing international attention and support within only a few years. Once the members finished school, their detailed home-recorded tracks quickly drew interest from numerous prominent record companies, resulting in a combined U.K. and U.S. agreement with PIAS and Partisan that produced the varied debut album Projector in 2021. Their second full-length effort, 3D Country from 2023, added elements of 1970s classic rock to the already off-kilter post-punk approach.

Shaped by a wide range of touchstones stretching from Television to Yes, the childhood companions Gus Green on guitar, Max Bassin on drums, and Cameron Winter handling vocals and keyboards connected with Dominic DiGesu on bass and Foster Hudson on guitar while all were freshmen in high school. Throughout the late 2010s, Geese developed a high-energy, guitar-centered style during those school years that blended jagged post-punk textures with psychedelic and prog-rock touches, all viewed through a distinctly New York perspective. Shortly after finishing their studies, the group posted several self-produced pieces online and encountered an unexpectedly swift wave of favorable reactions. The members later noted that they had expected the project to dissolve once high school ended, given that several had secured places at notable colleges nationwide.

Rather than disbanding, they received offers from a range of respected independent labels and ultimately chose the partnership of PIAS in the U.K. alongside the New York-based Partisan for the U.S. Momentum increased rapidly, highlighted by a sold-out performance in Brooklyn and a festival slot in Atlanta, before Projector appeared in October 2021. By early 2023, tracks such as “Cowboy Nudes” and the title song signaled the arrival of 1970s-styled classic rock fragments that surfaced more fully on the even more unconventional follow-up 3D Country, issued that June. The record was jointly produced by the band and James Ford, known for work with Arctic Monkeys and Gorillaz.