Geese are an American rock band based in
Brooklyn
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,
New York
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Film and television
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. The band is composed of Dominic DiGesu, Cameron Winter, Max Bassin, Gus Green and Foster Hudson.
History
Formation and early years
The band formed in 2016 while the members were attending
Brooklyn Friends School
Brooklyn Friends School is a school at 375 Pearl Street in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. Brooklyn Friends School (BFS) is an independent, college preparatory Quaker school serving a culturally diverse educational community of approximately 90 ...
and
Little Red School House
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in New York City. During high school, the band practiced and recorded material in the basement of Bassin's home in Fort Greene.
As a few of the members had received acceptance letters to attend schools such as
Oberlin College
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and the
Berklee College of Music
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, 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
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, and
Sub Pop
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. Ultimately, the band signed with
Partisan Records
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.
''Projector'' (2021–present)
The band released their debut album, ''
Projector
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'' on October 29, 2021. It was recorded by the band in Bassin's basement from late 2019 to early 2020, and mixed by
Dan Carey. The album was met with some critical acclaim, obtaining a
Metacritic
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average of 83 out of 100 based on eight critic reviews. The album had three singles released ahead of the release: "Disco", "Low Era", and "Projector".
Influences
The band's sound has been compared to a wide array of other New York bands, as well as contemporary British groups such as
Black Midi
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and
Squid
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.
Writing for ''
Rolling Stone
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'' magazine, Jon Dolan compared their works to numerous bands such as
Parquet Courts
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History
Band members Andrew Savage a ...
,
Deerhoof
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,
Black Midi
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,
Radiohead
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,
The Strokes
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,
Arctic Monkeys
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,
LCD Soundsystem
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,
The Feelies
The Feelies are an American rock band from Haledon, New Jersey. They formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1992 having released four albums. The band reunited in 2008, and released new albums in 2011 and 2017.
Although not commercially successful, the ...
, and
Echo and the Bunnymen, claiming that "you can hear NYC guitar zone-out Zen masters like
Television
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, the Feelies, and Parquet Courts; the early-’00s neo-
new wave and
dance-punk
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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
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Education
* YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US
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and Radiohead."
Describing the vocals of Cameron Winter, Dolan said that Winter "can hoist his voice into a
Thom Yorke
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-an
falsetto
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It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous ed ...
, put on a posh pout à la
Julian Casablancas
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or
Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen, or lapse into a stentorian yawp that brings to mind Mark E. Smith of the Fall or Arctic Monkeys’
Alex Turner
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. 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. It's a real treat to hear them zip between sonic epiphanies."
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Projector
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'' (2021)
Singles
* "Cowboy Nudes" (2023)
* "Disco" (2021)
* "Low Era" (2021)
* "Projector" (2021)
Members
* Cameron Winter (vocals, keyboards)
* Gus Green (guitar)
* Foster Hudson (guitar)
* Dominic DiGesu (bass)
* Max Bassin (drums)
References
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2016 establishments in New York City
Indie rock musical groups from New York (state)
Musical groups from New York City
American post-punk music groups
Musical groups established in 2018
Partisan Records artists
Musical quintets