#goose the band

[awesternsun]

it feels like blasphemy that my url is a goose reference but somehow not to the one goose song that's literally always stuck in my head. anyways shoutout to silver rising you will always be famous to me

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[theghostpinesmusic]

'Twas only Saturday when I ended my post on Phish's 12/30 take on "Life Saving Gun" by wondering what music I was going to write about next. Then, this afternoon, Goose managed to surprise me yet again by not only announcing their new drummer but doing so in style. While any other band would likely be content to make such an announcement with a few sentences sent out via social media, Goose made a half-hour film out of it, paired with a two-plus-hour series of practice recordings with the new drummer that we're apparently going to be able to hear in its entirety tomorrow (or now, if you make your VPN tell YouTube that you live in New Zealand, but I digress).

I've talked on here a few times about how and why Ben leaving the band has been a bummer for me personally despite my just being a normal ol' fan and I won't rehash that here, but suffice to say that some exciting news about the what the next iteration of the band is going to look (and sound) like today does a lot to reassure that these guys are still having fun and are in it for the long haul.

The video that's attached to this post is the announcement, and I got to watch about half of it when it was first posted before I had to leave to drive across town to jury duty. I was just going to come home and watch the rest afterward before it occurred to me that it might be fun to write it up on the blog as I watch it in real time for (mostly) the first time instead. See, the beginning and end of the video is both footage of the band members hanging out and doing human stuff, but the middle (and vast majority) of the video is, of course, a big jam meant, I assume, to show off the new drummer's chops and how well everyone works together.

I liked what little I heard this afternoon, for sure. It's not like it's light-years beyond the jams I've written about on here before in quality, but I also wouldn't expect it to be, as (presumably) these guys are just starting to all gel as a group. It sounds like Goose but with one of the drummers changed out for another guy who sounds fairly different than Ben to my guitarist ears, and who, as my immediate reaction, sounds like he meshes with Jeff a little better. In short, I'm even more excited now to see them in action later this year than I was before.

But, I'm getting months ahead of myself...for now, this jam.

The audio technically starts at the beginning of the video, but it gets mixed down a bit during the early, talk-y part, so I'm going to start listening for the purposes of this post at 2:55, which is where the footage changes to the band playing together in an empty theater (COVID livestream flashback warning).

They're already mid-groove here, but my immediate thought is that Cotter feels like he has a lighter/jazzier touch when playing than Ben does, and at the same time is maybe...busier? Like, in a good way for sure, but he's all over the place, mostly on the snare and cymbals. I don't want to make this or any other post about whether the old guy or the new guy is "better," but this initial section is one of the parts of the jam where the differences seem the most obvious to me.

I'm also about 75% more likely to lose my shit over a Goose jam that has Peter on guitar just in general, so there's that.

Early on here, I also feel like you can hear Jeff better than usual and that he's playing...more? Either this is an effect of the sound mix, or an effect of his pairing with a new drummer, or, I guess, both? Hard to say without being able to read Jeff's mind, which I can't do. Regardless, I like it.

I'm not sure when Peter layers the synth on top of the funk, but I heard it at first at 4:55.

The first phase of the jam starts and continues on in this funk vein for awhile: like I said above, it's not really a sonic revolution for the band, but they all sound extremely locked in, and Cotter is definitely adding his own flair to the proceedings rather than just holding down the beat.

Maybe it's just that I'm listening through really good headphones instead of a soundbar or speakers, but I feel like this audio mix is somehow better than Euro Tour or Goosemas. Nobody move any dials until after summer, please...

Anyway, there's a neat drum fill at 6:45 (can't see who plays it) and that seems to shift the tenor of the jam a bit. Things get spacier, and Peter starts laying down some arpeggios that meld nicely with what Rick is playing. The drums stay busy behind this, which is an interesting choice, but also don't override the melody instruments.

At some point, Rick changes the (shrugs helplessly in layman)...mode? Scale? And something also Santana-sounding starts emerging. The percussion - from both guys - around 9:00 is just fantastic. Peter jumps on the wah pedal just after 10:00, adding a fun bit of chaos just as the jam is seemingly lurching toward a peak. Rick gets there around 11:54 and follows up shortly after by holding a note for a bit and then adding some really distorted shredding before bringing things back down/transitioning into the next space at 13:11.

Here, it feels like Trevor is the one holding things down while everyone else gets their bearing for a minute. Around 13:50, everyone coalesces around a mellow progression and blissful tone that allows Trevor to continue to stand out while Peter and Rick fill in around the edges.

While the first two sections of this long jam are great, like I've already said they don't sound terribly different than lots of other Goose jams. I dig them because they serve as a way to showcase Cotter's skills and because it's ten minutes of new Goose music. But this third section is where things really start to open up. If I heard this at a show, I'd be talking about it the whole way home. The great, five-person interplay at the beginning, the patience with which they all collectively build from quiet to loud...it's fantastic, and one of those things you hope to get to hear every time you buy a ticket for a show.

I mean, Trevor starts moving at 17:00, and when Trevor physically moves at all, you know it's a good jam.

For what it's worth, I absolutely love what Cotter's doing basically from 17:30 until he switches the beat up at 18:48. This pushes the jam much more aggressively toward another peak, but you won't hear me complaining. Rick takes the band up and over the mountain from there, and I loved the camera switch to Peter at 20:43 just as he hammers a huge chord to drive the point home. Always eager to make Phish comparisons as if that's somehow derogatory, a lot of people online were making fun of this for sounding too much like a "Harry Hood" jam, but to me if it sounds like anything it's how Goose often jams when covering the Dead's "Mississippi Half-Step."

I would have been more than happy to have the band fade out after this monster section, but Rick immediately jumps into something a little darker and spacier as the rock fades out, and so...we keep going.

I'm glad the camera switches over to Cotter at 22:25 because the fill he plays a few times here is just great for the situation. Peter adding the xylophone patch to the mix is the perfect choice and while this doesn't turn into full-on Evil Goose, it's neat to see the new configuration explore a darker space after the major-key madness that just crashed to a conclusion.

Again, here, this kind of jam space isn't something that Goose as a band are strangers to, or are exploring for the first time, but the percussion in particular definitely feels different from the heavy, crashing "Dripfield"-y playing that has characterized most of these kinds of jams in the past. Your mileage might vary, and I'm certainly not interested in casting this as better or worse, but it's different in an exciting way.

As I'm listening to this section of the jam, I just decided that I'm going to start rating Jeff's shirts as part of these write-ups, and this one is a 10/10. Kicking things off on a high note!

Peter switches from the xylo patch to a chrous-y piano-like tone starting around 27:00, which pushes the jam subtly if not overtly in a new direction. I hate to use this word unironically, but it makes it sound more...epic? I guess? I mean, I definitely like it. This has a momentum and drive to it that I don't often hear in this way in Goose jams. Talk about ending with bang!

I enjoy how much the camera focuses on Cotter just absolutely losing his goddamn mind in these last three or so minutes before the music fades out and the video wraps up.

Well, I wrote a hell of a lot more about that jam than I expected to, but as it turns out there was a lot of interesting stuff to listen to. Looking forward to whatever comes next, for sure!

Maybe some Phish stuff later this week from me?

[kiralou02]

[icemankazansky86]

The TG86 boys if they were the Doors

[keo6323]

yall he said wrong answers....

[avianii]

leaving...

[ficandkaboodle]

Ghouls: Yeah, we actually don't really interact with Papa III all that much. He sort of just keeps to himself if he doesn't have to be on stage.

Interviewer: Any ideas as to what he's up to in all that time?

Ghouls: Not a clue

...

Terzo: *in the green room, moaning pornographically over a Taco Bell cheesy gordita Omega snuck in for him*

Terzo: *slurping up a Baja Blast like it's an elixir that will grant him powers untold*

Terzo: *eating up nacho fries so fast he accidentally bites his damn fingers*

[cardis-tricycle]

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[hffrns]

hello band of brothers nation

i deadass have no clue how tumblr works 😭

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[theghostpinesmusic]

My second-favorite Goose song about werewolves. I'm partial to this version because Lindsey and I were there.

Also, I'm an absolute sucker for the vocal layering during the bridge and outro.

[wiltedprayers]

nix shenanigans

[piastrinorris]

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