Geese – 3D Country
On their second album, Geese combine a deceptively simple brand of rock and roll with an infectious sense of fun
New York five-piece Geese are sure to give you… well, goosebumps… with the impressive, impassioned sound of new album 3D Country. The album opens with 2122 – a track which starts as a Chili Peppers-inspired, rough-around-the-edges garage rock number but quickly shapeshifts into a cacophonous mixture of up-tempo Motown drums, aggressively atonal guitars and warbling synthesisers. The titular 3D Country is a soulful palooza, complete with glorious gospel singers and delectable moments of instrumental ear candy punctuated by the woeful Wild West imagery of lines like 'The day the cowboy cried and I gave up on love and you gave up on light, and so began my second life'.
The vocal performances from frontman Cameron Winter on tracks like Cowboy Nudes and I See Myself are delicious, exemplifying a technical prowess which balances a tender falsetto with a tantalising lower register. The penultimate Tomorrow’s Crusades takes a more through-composed approach, combining funk flavour with cinematic orchestral breaks and ending on a short but menacing Disney villain-style monologue.
Despite what the name suggests, Geese are anything but bird-brained, flaunting a deceptively primitive brand of rock and roll with an infectious sense of fun at its core.
Listen to: 2122, 3D Country, Tomorrow’s Crusades