GEESE BROOKLYN BAND SIGN TO PARTISAN / PLAY IT AGAIN SAM SHARE DEBUT SONG ‘DISCO’

by the partae June 23, 2021

written by the partae June 23, 2021

GEESE BROOKLYN BAND SIGN TO PARTISAN / PLAY IT AGAIN SAM SHARE DEBUT SONG 'DISCO'

PRAISE FOR ‘DISCO’

“The song takes absolutely zero musical inspiration from the Studio 54-era, but stretching to nearly seven-minutes, it does share a certain spirit of excess, melding the band’s psychedelic and post-punk influences and simultaneously giving them a sleek, glamorous makeover.”
NME“At almost seven minutes long, ‘Disco’ is a restless, guitar-driven track that devolves into clashing drums and dissonance towards the end.”
Clash

“… in some ways it recalls post-punk and arty ’70s rock, and a whole lot of past New York bands. Geese are drawing on some rich traditions here, but also finding a sound that feels like its on its own wavelength…”
Stereogum

GEESE is a band that begins and ends in Brooklyn, as a project between friends to build a home studio out of a basement. Their debut song ‘Disco‘ (out today via Partisan / Play It Again Sam) is born from the same ambition: make music by any means necessary. They began recording together with sneakers as mic stands and blankets draped over the amps, all within the afternoon following a school day until they ran the risk of noise complaints. ‘Disco’ merges all the restless anxiety and pent-up frustration of trying to figure out life at 18 with a wall-of-sound immediacy and looseness. Curiously alien, yet strangely familiar.

The band elaborates on the song’s origins:

“‘Disco’ was our first big step forward as a band. It’s a very urgent and restless song, which was indicative of all our headspaces at the time. ‘Disco’ has a lot of organized chaos at its core; the music, the lyrics, and even the way we recorded it all speak to a sort of manic energy we were all working through. It’s a song that sounds like it’s perpetually on the verge of collapse–and yet it always manages to keep itself together. There’s a bit of chaos in all of our songs, or a sense that they could explode at any moment. ‘Disco’ represents that the most for us: the little bit of chaos each of us carry and bring to our music.”

Geese will release their debut LP later this year, with more information coming soon.