Review: Geese at Freo.Social
Geese at Freo.Social
w/ Radio Free Alice
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Brooklyn four-piece Geese have made big waves in the indie art-rock scene, and fresh off the back of their 2025 album release, Getting Killed, they made their Perth debut at Freo.Social last month. The charismatic frontman, Cameron Winter, is famed for a versatile vocal style which encompasses falsetto crooning, rockabilly growling and everything in between. In both timbre and lyrical style, Winter sounds much older and worldly-wise than his years. He plays keys and guitar, although while the band tours, keys are covered by Sam Revaz. Cameron’s high school mates Emily Green (guitar), Dominic DiGesu (bass) and Max Bessin (drums) round out the band.
Although Geese were touring for Laneway, they couldn’t play the Perth leg as it clashed with Cameron’s separate gig at the Sydney Opera House, where he performed his solo album Heavy Metal. A busy man, clearly, but kind enough to schedule this (sold-out) sideshow to satisfy their many WA fans who were packed in the venue like the proverbial sardines.
After taking their positions on stage, Geese opened the set with Husbands, a strong song featuring a slow build, a mesmerising swing bassline and a huge serving of their trademark emotive power. The crowd had great energy and showed their appreciation as the next songs, Getting Killed and Half Real, played out. All three songs, lifted from last year’s hit record Getting Killed, were full of Geese’s semi-angsty, yearning, slightly nihilistic but poetic lyrics of love, loss, life and death.
Their music crossed genres and at times sounded a bit like our very own King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard; in fact, the bassist was wearing one of their shirts. But they also had a real NY sound, bringing together styles of everything from The Strokes and Black Midi, all their own.
They weren’t afraid to add a little local flavour too. In 2122, they inserted the riff from AC/DC’s Highway to Hell, which was a nice nod to being in Perth—although perhaps they did the same at all the Australian shows.
While the band didn’t move much on the stage, they channelled all that saved energy into sounding bloody amazing. It looked like they enjoyed themselves, with glimpses of their faces shown through the varied lighting: dark and colourful for the calmer songs and flashing red and white strobe-like lighting for more intense songs, dialling it up to the max on Taxes.
The set ripped past: thirteen tracks with quirky basslines, interesting rhythms, varied tempos and vastly ranging emotional vibes, with Islands of Men, Au Pays du Cocaine, 100 Horses, and Cobra all being stand-out tracks, and Trinidad as the encore.
Two hours of solidly cool music were peppered with good banter. Halfway through, Cameron said, “I was accosted by a gang of kids at Sushi with Goons today; they robbed me for everything I had… I was kicking them, throwing them away from me, but they took everything, and I had to give them tickets to the show just to make them go away…” (cue much cheering from the lucky lads, clearly in attendance).
Shoutout to the support band from Melbourne, Radio Free Alice, who had a similar vibe to Geese and were a great fit to open. They played well; the crowd enjoyed it and gave them a positive reception, especially for their talented bassist/saxophonist and lead singer, who looked like Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It looked like many in the crowd already knew them, and they would have made some new fans on the night.
If you don’t know Geese, get into them; they are hot and clearly going places, touring through Europe and North America for the rest of the year. This was a great first showing in Perth; let’s hope they’ll be back soon!
EMMA SIMPER