Geese – Getting Killed

Geese – GETTING KILLED is the Brooklyn psych-rock group’s third album, and it might be their most deliberately unruly record yet. Tracked with producer Kenneth Blume in just ten days, the album wears its speed as a feature rather than a flaw. What came out of those sessions is dense, chaotic, and very much intentional.

About Geese and GETTING KILLED

Geese built their reputation on sprawling, layered guitar records that reward close listening. Dense production, atmospheric textures, and a restless energy that always felt like it was building toward something. Getting Killed keeps that density but tilts the architecture sideways. With little room for overdubbing, the band leaned into what was happening in real time. Big riffs land on top of choir samples. Hissing drum machines sit beneath screeching guitars. The album balances genuine tenderness with real anger, and there is something almost confrontational about the combination. Where earlier Geese work showed a clear love of classic rock forms, Getting Killed trades that affection for something more like frustration. Not frustration with their craft, but with music as a concept. That is an odd thing to pull off without it becoming a gimmick, and they pull it off.

The Pressing

This is the standard clear vinyl pressing on Partisan Records, catalog number PTP 3188023. Clear vinyl on a record this sonically busy is a good pairing. It does not dress things up with a color that signals something the record is not. The format suits the album’s blunt, get-on-with-it attitude. Partisan has been consistent with their pressings across the board, and this one follows that pattern.

Why This One Belongs in Your Collection

If you have followed Geese from the beginning, Getting Killed is the record that shows a band actively refusing to settle into a comfort zone. Ten days, minimal overdubs, and a producer pushing them to commit to the chaos rather than clean it up. The result is shambolic in structure but precise in intent, which is a difficult balance to strike. For collectors who track artists through their development rather than just cherry-picking debuts, this is the kind of release that matters. Clear vinyl, Partisan pressing, a band at a genuinely interesting crossroads. That combination does not come around constantly.