Getting Killed

Getting Killed is the fourth^[b] studio album by American rock band Geese, released on September 26, 2025 on Partisan Records and Play It Again Sam.^[1] Produced by the band itself and Kenny Beats, the album was preceded by the singles, "Taxes", "Trinidad" and "100 Horses". It is the band's first studio album without founding guitarist Foster Hudson, who departed from the band in 2023 to pursue academia.

Getting Killed
Studio album by Geese
Released	September 26, 2025 (2025-09-26)
Recorded	January 2025
Genre	Art rock indie rock experimental rock no wave
Length	45:35
Label	Partisan Play It Again Sam
Producer	Geese Kenny Beats[a]
Geese chronology
3D Country (2023) Getting Killed (2025)
Singles from Getting Killed
"Taxes" Released: July 8, 2025 "Trinidad" Released: July 29, 2025 "100 Horses" Released: August 26, 2025

Recorded in January 2025, one month after the release of frontman Cameron Winter's debut solo album, Heavy Metal (2024), the album was released to widespread critical acclaim.

Background

Getting Killed was produced alongside Kenny Beats.^[2] It was recorded over a ten-day period and has been described as "shambolic in structure but passionately performed", with the band "[balancing] a disarming tenderness with an intensified anger".^[3][4] The album's lead single, "Taxes", was released on July 8, 2025. The song's music video has been described as containing "a hallucinatory rush of moshing, screaming, and violence that feels akin to an exorcism".^[5]

On June 23, 2025, the band announced a North American headlining tour in support of the album. The tour began in South Burlington, Vermont on October 10, and is scheduled to conclude in Brooklyn, New York on November 21.^[6]

On July 24, Cameron Winter leaked the album's opening track, "Trinidad", via a now-removed link shared on his Instagram page. The song was officially released five days later, on July 29.^{[citation needed]}

Imagery

Shot by Mark Sommerfeld, the front cover features a figure in white robes whose appearance is obfuscated by a lens flare. In their right hand is a trumpet held closely to their face, while the left hand holds a revolver pointed directly at the camera. The back cover is from the perspective of the figure, who is aiming the gun at the moon. While the cover shows no discernible features, it is implied that the figure is guitarist Emily Green. Green can be seen wearing the same white robes in promotional material for the album and in the cover of "Taxes", as well as the album's inner art.^[7]

Images of trumpets, revolvers, crucifixes, and longswords are heavily featured in the album cycle for Getting Killed, appearing in promotional art, packaging, merchandise , and Geese's website.^[8] In a collage seen in band's poster for North American leg of the Getting Killed Tour, each member of the band is seen with one of these objects pointed towards them: drummer Max Bassin with the gun, Cameron Winter with the crucifix, bassist Dominic DiGesu with the longsword, and Green with the trumpet.^[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.7/10[10]
Metacritic	89/100[11]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[12]
DIY	[13]
Exclaim!	6/10[14]
The Line of Best Fit	9/10[15]
Mojo	[16]
MusicOMH	[17]
NME	[18]
Paste	10/10[19]
Pitchfork	9.0/10[20]
Slant Magazine	[21]

The music of Getting Killed has been described as art rock,^[13][22] indie rock,^[23] no wave,^[14][22] and experimental rock.^[24][18]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Getting Killed received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 89 out of 100 from 19 critic scores.^[11]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Cameron Winter; all music is composed by Winter, Max Bassin, Dominic DiGesu, and Emily Green.

Getting Killed track listing^[25]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Trinidad"	3:44
2.	"Cobra"	3:05
3.	"Husbands"	4:08
4.	"Getting Killed"	4:44
5.	"Islands of Men"	5:54
6.	"100 Horses"	3:46
7.	"Half Real"	3:22
8.	"Au Pays du Cocaine"	3:30
9.	"Bow Down"	3:28
10.	"Taxes"	3:17
11.	"Long Island City Here I Come"	6:37
Total length:		45:35

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes and Tidal.^[26][27]

Geese

• Max Bassin – drums, production
• Dominic DiGesu – bass, production
• Emily Green – guitar, production
• Cameron Winter – vocals, guitar, keyboards, production, mixing, back cover photo

Additional contributors

• Kenny Beats – production
• Beatriz Artola – mixing
• Felix Davis – mastering
• Daniel McNeill – engineering
• JPEGMafia – additional vocals on "Trinidad"
• Nick Lee – trombone on "Trinidad", "Islands of Men", and "100 Horses"
• Aaron Paris – violin on "Trinidad", "Husbands", and "Bow Down"
• Loren Humphrey – engineering on "Trinidad"

Creative

• When C/O Phil Gibson - creative direction and design
• Mark Sommerfeld - photography and cover art
• Kyle Berger - cover art
• Eve Alpert - photography assistant

Charts

Chart performance for Getting Killed

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[28]	22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[29]	104
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[30]	36
Dutch Vinyl Albums (GfK Dutch Charts)[31]	32
French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP)[32]	24
Irish Albums (IRMA)[33]	100
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA)[34]	10
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[35]	39
Scottish Albums (OCC)[36]	6
UK Albums (OCC)[37]	26
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[38]	3
US Billboard 200[39]	96
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[40]	14
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (Billboard)[41]	21

Notes

1. Officially credited under his real name, Kenneth Blume III.
2. While this album is advertised by Geese as their third, and is their third under a record label, it is technically their fourth studio album counting their since-removed 2018 debut album A Beautiful Memory.