{"id":496517,"date":"2026-03-26T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/496517\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:20:09","slug":"indie-buzz-band-take-flight-as-generational-icons-in-waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/496517\/","title":{"rendered":"indie buzz band take flight as generational icons in waiting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI see myself in you,\u201d Geese<\/a>\u2019s Cameron Winter<\/a> knowingly croons to a fluid mass of fellow stylish 20-somethings, all clamouring to get a little closer and lose their minds to their generational icon in the making. It\u2019s lost on no one that this is one of those \u201cI was there\u201d shows, the time for the most talked about band on the planet to show you what it\u2019s really all about.<\/p>\n

Geese\u2019s ascent has been something of a night raid. The former NME Cover stars<\/a> generated moderate buzz around their 2021 debut on a major label \u2018Projector; before the jazzy cowboy psychedelia of \u20183D Country<\/a>\u2019 showed that there was real potential in waiting. No one could have predicted how much that would blossom into Winter\u2019s 2024 Lou Reed-inspired sleeper hit solo album \u2018Heavy Metal<\/a>\u2019 and the critical eclipse of last year\u2019s \u2018Getting Killed<\/a>\u2019 creating the perfect online storm to blow Geese into the position of buzzy rock darlings.<\/p>\n

The year ended with Winter delivering a breathtaking, pin-drop solo gig at The Roundhouse<\/a> and \u2018Getting Killed\u2019 sitting atop all correct best album lists<\/a>. Now they\u2019re back in town for their biggest London headline show to date, and Hammersmith is rammed to the rafters with die-hards of all ages: largely well-dressed Gen-Zers but ranging to devoted 6 Music dads. We even spy recent convert Courtney Love<\/a> in the foyer, seemingly taking a breather from all those \u201cgatekeeper elder millennial troll fans\u201d who have been giving her such a hard time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Geese,Geese, live at Hammersmith Apollo, March 2026. Credit: Lewis Evans<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing but good vibes in the room. Arriving on a bare stage aside from a large Palestine flag, the Brooklyn indie heroes are greeted by an almighty roar for a simple \u201chello\u201d, and from then on, London is theirs. From the simmering opener \u2018Husbands\u2019 to the runaway train of \u2018Getting Killed\u2019s naughty title track and the swaggering rock\u2019n\u2019roller \u2018Crusades\u2019, Geese deliver the good times like dropping dime after dime in a classic indie jukebox.<\/p>\n

As the room swells and sways to the dreamy \u2018Half Real\u2019 and comes alive in circle pits for the paranoid \u20182122\u2019, howling back every jagged riff, tender refrain and surreal lyric to \u2018Cobra\u2019, \u2018Taxes\u2019, \u2018100 Horses\u2019 and \u2018Au Pays du Cocaine\u2019 \u2013 echoing the zeitgeisty weight of \u201cthere is only dance music in times of war\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s clear these are not your casual fans. Winter puts so much into every mouthful, backed by a band of unquestionable chops and sheer musicality, generously giving just so much to hang from with every note and bar.<\/p>\n

\"Geese,Geese, live at Hammersmith Apollo, March 2026. Credit: Lewis Evans<\/p>\n

Having been interpolating rocked-up cover snippets by local heroes into \u20182122\u2019 when they roll into town \u2013 Primal Scream in Glasgow<\/a>, The Stone Roses in Manchester<\/a>, Can in Cologne, and, erm, Chumbawumba in Leeds \u2013 tonight Geese give us a little more of an obscure curveball with \u2018Come Down Easy\u2019 by Rugby\u2019s Spacemen 3. Sure! A Blur<\/a> or Clash<\/a> chorus was never going to be the headline of tonight, mind. It\u2019s about the band of right now cementing their place.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to the moon,\u201d repeats Winter on new one and first set closer \u2018Apollo<\/a>\u2019 \u2013 a song written \u201cespecially for the UK\u201d about \u201cthe train of thought of a small woodland animal as they\u2019re looking at the stars\u201d, he tells us. Cute, for a pumping krautrock rabble-rouser that soon overheats into a wild art-rock meltdown: \u201cI\u2019m going to the moon, and you\u2019re buying the ticket, motherfucker\u201d. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Returning for an encore of \u201csomething with a little more depth\u201d with the screeching noise-rock absurdity of \u2018Trinidad\u2019 as the crowd scream back \u201cTHERE\u2019S A BOMB IN MY CAR\u201d, Geese leave their mark and fulfil all hype in spades. While Winter\u2019s last solo gig in these parts revealed him as a Tom Waits<\/a> or Nick Cave<\/a> for our time, tonight feels like one of those hallowed shows seeing Nirvana<\/a> or The Strokes<\/a> come into their own, or Radiohead<\/a> finding their voice. In any way, it\u2019s between Geese and Fontaines D.C.<\/a> to define this decade as a band. Catch them at this unmissable moment while it lasts, for the pure joy of saying \u201cI was there\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Geese,Geese, live at Hammersmith Apollo, March 2026. Credit: Lewis Evans<\/p>\n

Geese played:<\/p>\n

\u2018Husbands\u2019
\u2018Getting Killed\u2019
\u2018Crusades\u2019
\u2018Islands of Men\u2019
\u2018Half Real\u2019
\u20182122\u2019 (with Spacemen 3 \u2018Come Down Easy\u2019 snippet)
\u2018100 Horses\u2019
\u2018Cobra\u2019
\u2018I See Myself\u2019
\u2018Cowboy Nudes\u2019
\u2018Bow Down\u2019
\u2018Au Pays du Cocaine\u2019
\u2018Taxes\u2019
\u2018Long Island City Here I Come\u2019
\u2018Apollo\u2019
\u2018Trinidad\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI see myself in you,\u201d Geese\u2019s Cameron Winter knowingly croons to a fluid mass of fellow stylish 20-somethings,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,3583,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-496517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-indie","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}