Wild Wild Geese - Sorry, Earth - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Japanese CD + DVD pressing. Avex. 2025.

Geese return with their 3rd album, 'Getting Killed'. They tracked the album with Kenneth Blume in 10 fast-paced days. With scant time for overdubbing, what emerged is a chaotic comedy, shambolic in structure but passionately performed, informed by an exacting vision. Big riffs are layered on choir samples; hissing drum machines pulse softly behind screeching guitars. They balance a disarming tenderness with an intensified anger, trading their love of classic rock for a disdain for music itself.

Connecticut-based quartet Goose - Rick Mitarotonda [vocals, guitar], Peter Anspach [vocals, keys, guitar], Trevor Weekz [bass], and Ben Atkind [drums] - shimmy through the cracks between jam, funk, alternative, and rock with head-spinning hooks, technical fireworks, and the kind of chemistry only possible among small-town and long-time friends. After selling out theaters coast-to-coast and a series of seismic festival performances, the musicians welcome everybody to this place on their 2021 second full-length, Shenanigans Nite Club. InchIn many ways, Goose is a conglomeration of music from the town we grew up in, and the songs are a collection of many different experiences and influences,Inch observes Rick. InchWhere we come from has inevitably informed and enabled our music. We get these four defined seasons in rural Connecticut, and there's a powerful stillness.Inch InchOur area is a very reflective place,Inch agrees Peter. InchWe're in the woods, and we all find peace from the setting. Being in the sticks positively affected what we're trying to do.Inch InchWhile we've been touring, the record has been happening in the background,Inch says Rick. InchWe've done our fair share of sweating it out and paying our dues on the road. There was a natural progression until we really got on the same page creatively. It's been a long, weird trip. At times, it was tumultuous. The record is a companion to those growing pains.Inch Goose introduce the record with InchSo ReadyInch and it's counterpart Inch(s?tellite).Inch Just shy of ten minutes together, the tracks twist and turn through synthesizer Inchemitting hilariously sexual vibes,Inch jazz-y bass, and a chantable hook. InchLabyrinthInch dives down Incha deeper rabbit holeInch as warm guitar wraps around shimmering piano originally culled from Rick's school days. Inch'Labyrinth' is one of the only pieces I wrote in my latter