Goose Announce New Album With 'Good2B' Stream
(BHM) Goose is excited to announce their upcoming sixth studio album, BIG MODERN!, arriving via No Coincidence Records on Friday, June 12. Pre-orders/pre-saves are available now.
Today's announcement follows an array of cryptic teases from Goose, including a hilarious video posted to social media last Friday starring Emmy Award-nominated actor Jake Lacy (The White Lotus, The Office, Girls), who then accompanied the band as they sat courtside at the following night's New York Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls game at NYC's Madison Square Garden. Lacy sat between the four members of Goose, each of whom wore bright yellow hoodies spelling out "FACE" - a key lyrical component of their fan favorite song, "Big Modern!" The teaser video and MSG appearance capped off two weeks of speculation inspired by guerrilla marketing in major US cities featuring the words "BIG MODERN!" along with a BIGMODERN.com website displaying Morse code for mysterious phrases and interactive messaging based on Goose fans' thoughts across social media.
A fully immersive world of sound that ingeniously captures what it feels like to move through today's overstimulated, hyperconnected society, BIG MODERN! is heralded by today's premiere of the rapturous new single, "Good2B." From its first percussive note, the track offers up an unstoppable disco-funk energy, with sun-drenched congas, slinking bass lines, and organ hits dancing over an endless lyrical parade of people, places, and things. It's joyous and messy; reward and distraction. It's everything you could ever want, everywhere, all of the time, and all of it goes down smooth. But despite its intoxicating lightness, "Good2B" is laced with an anxious undercurrent. It's a never-ending party with a looming expiration date.
"'Good2B,' and BIG MODERN! as a whole, deal with the occasional state of flow amidst absurdity," says Goose's Rick Mitarotonda. "It's doing the electric slide down the grocery aisle between the Pop-Tarts and Frosted Flakes. Hyper-convenience, hyper-connected; lost in the digital sauce and feeling pretty good about it. All while we're left with the nagging questions: how long can this feeling last? How long can all of it last?"
In addition, Mitarotonda spoke to Rolling Stone today about the new album and song, saying, "As I see it, all these ideas we've been playing with are an absurdist reflection of the confusion of existing in today's world. Over-stated guerrilla marketing campaign with zero context or direct connection to anything, video of a five-minute rant from an unhinged executive, showing up at an NBA game in ridiculous sweatsuits...The album is a dispatch from interesting times, without judgment or superiority. We're all in it the same - the exhilarating, disorienting experience of constantly being so 'connected'. The overstimulating, high-resolution world of content streaming directly into your brain, in real time, all the time. Synthetic, prepackaged human emotion on demand for your entertainment. The nightly doomscroll bliss. The relentless worship of the projection of an image of self to the world. Identity as a brand. Your FACE... on your FACE. Somehow, more becomes less. Something is lost, but we're not totally sure what it is. It's awesome, and it's terrifying.
"'Good2B' is a sort of surrendering to an ecstasy in all of that chaos. A personal oasis in the algorithm. It's that moment when the entire world of content and convenience is at your fingertips, and shaking your ass just feels right. It's a good day, with the quietly looming question: wait, is it though? Nvm yea it's sick."
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