"After bursting onto the scene as scrappy teenagers, dropping the post-punky Projector (and nabbing a CoSign for it), the band's trajectory has only gone in the right direction. They first leveled up their songwriting with the more warm-blooded and, late last year, frontman Cameron Winter dropped one of the buzziest solo debuts in recent memory with the excellent Heavy Metal."
"Take opening cut "Trinidad," which effectively sets the tone for what's to come. Guitarist Emily Green attacks each ear independently with warbly, borderline funky licks mixed in harsh stereo. Winter then enters softly, tapping into his falsetto, only for the whole thing to explode on a dime with horns, new tracks of instrumentation that cut in and out like they're malfunctioning, and screams of, "THERE'S A BOMB IN MY CAR!""
Geese grew from scrappy teenagers into a band with increasingly ambitious songwriting and adventurous sonic choices. The group released the post-punky Projector and then shifted toward warmer, more personal material, while frontman Cameron Winter issued a notable solo debut, Heavy Metal. Getting Killed reunites Winter with the band and intentionally reconstructs past approaches with reckless abandon, producing fresh textures and unexpected arrangements. The record nods to New York indie forebears yet asserts a distinctive voice. The opener "Trinidad" exemplifies the album's approach with warbly guitar licks, falsetto vocals, abrupt horn bursts, malfunctioning-sounding instrumentation, shouted lines, heavy delay, extreme panning, and layered percussion.
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