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Great songs, and it's a real treat to see how much shit they can cram into these. The shorter songs are probably the better songs, because they're always unpredictable. However, while the songs are great, it's still eleven tracks that are largely pretty similar. There's no real natural opener and closer, and at 31 minutes, that lack of variability is a bit of an issue. I came into this album super excited, but ended it with a more tempered, though still content, reaction. ... read more

Finally, I got around to listening to this goddamn album. Christ, all this discourse about Geese is awful, just awful, and it takes away from the music, which is a real shame because I think this album is just delightful. I think the thing that's great about Getting Killed is its ambition as well as its simplicity. There's no doubt, Geese want you to take them seriously. Everything about this album says "This is rock music! This is important!" but it's all so stripped ... read more

I found out about this band through a KEXP performance, and I thought they totally killed it, bringing such savage ferocity and a white-hot energy. Because I liked what I heard, I decided to check this album out, and... it's good. I am honestly a bit disappointed, because, really, that KEXP performance was fucking shining white and bright. A charged ball of plasma several times the temperature of the sun's surface, emitting deadly flares.

On this album, my main gripe is, funnily ... read more

If this album has a message, it is best said in "Complications",

Alienation
By experimentation.
Enjoy Yourself,
This is the new age.

With all the talk of experimentation, the way guitars and bass are often made indistinct from synthesizers, and the effects frequently used for Jaz Coleman's voice, this is a science fiction album. It's science fiction the same way Crash by J. G. Ballard is science fiction. It recognizes that the world as we know it (or the world as the band ... read more