The Brooklyn rock band Geese made their debut on NPR's Tiny Desk concert series, playing a set of mellow tracks from their 2025 album 'Getting Killed.' The performance featured unique trinkets from the band and lighthearted banter from frontman Cameron Winter. It comes amid their ongoing world tour supporting the critically acclaimed record.
Geese, the New York-based rock band, appeared on NPR's Tiny Desk series for the first time, delivering an intimate performance at the NPR Music offices in Washington, D.C. The set, which aired around February 10, 2026, consisted of three songs from their third full-length album, 'Getting Killed,' released in September 2025. The band opened with the slow-burning 'Husbands,' followed by the heady 'Cobra'—the album's final single—and closed with the resonant 'Half Real.' Unlike some Tiny Desk acts that go acoustic, Geese maintained much of their usual setup to suit the more subdued tracks.
Before the music began, bassist Dominic DiGesu contributed to the desk's clutter by adding personal trinkets, including a stuffed Snoopy toy, a figurine of Sonic the Hedgehog cradling Jesus, a New York Mets hat, and a toy goose gifted by a fan during their tour. These items joined the typical assortment of books and office supplies behind the performance area.
Frontman Cameron Winter engaged the audience with wry humor between songs. After 'Husbands,' he quipped about the crowd size: 'Is this a ticketed thing? I thought it was just NPR staffers here, I don’t know. And friends—NPR staffers don’t have this many friends!' In a similar vein, as reported elsewhere, he joked, 'How did you guys get into this? I thought it was just NPR staffers and friends here. But NPR staffers don’t have this many friends. I’m kidding, don’t turn the cameras off.'
'Getting Killed' marked Geese's first album since 2023's '3D Country' and received widespread praise. It ranked number five on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Albums of 2025, while NME awarded it five stars, calling it 'another exhilaratingly free-spirited turn from the New York cult heroes' and naming it the best album of the year. The performance follows Geese's Saturday Night Live debut on January 24, 2026, where they played 'Au Pays du Cocaine' and 'Trinidad' from the same album.
The Tiny Desk set arrives during the band's 'Getting Killed' world tour. After North American dates in late 2025, they performed in Honolulu on January 31, 2026, and were in Australia for Sydney shows around February 11. Upcoming stops include Japan, a European tour with UK dates in March (such as Bristol on March 20 and London on March 25), and U.S. festivals like Coachella, Governors Ball, Bonnaroo, and Primavera Sound, plus Reading & Leeds in August and additional UK shows in September.