From the off young New York band Geese's second album 3D Country is a rather odd listening experience. For one reason mainly.
On the surface it's rather conventional. I'd describe it as a stew, because every track is so cluttered with ingredients from Rock's past. On the surface they're not unlike Stillwater, the fictional band from Almost Famous transported 50 years down the line.
Geese want it all. They have the chops. The Rock & Roll, the Soul, The Gospel, the leather trousers. There's very little space or reflection on show here. It's an incredibly cluttered record. It's The Strokes twenty years on but with their sights set on Led Zep, The Stones and Bad Company rather than Television, The Velvet Underground and CBGB's..
Geese's unusual element is the voice of lead singer Cameron Winter. He's like a contestant on Stars in their Eyes, that weird impressionist programme they used to broadcast on Saturday nights on British TV.
But Cameron doesn't really fit the bill as much as he tries. In the same as Eddie Vedder didn't always. He's too much in awe of his heroes and as a result his turbo powered throat emissions verge on comic ventriloquism for much of the record. They're frequently rather unintentionally funny frankly. This is a self-consciously ironic record, but because of their youth they're not always completely on top of the jokes they make.
Still, this will do very well. The Geese truly take flight. Watch them go. This is a very 2023 record. I commend the band and the record's ambition even though I find it all slightly bewildering.
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