Geese make polarizing S.N.L. debut with two songs from Getting Killed

Brooklyn band Geese made its debut on Saturday Night Live this weekend, performing two songs from its 2025 album Getting Killed on the episode hosted by Teyana Taylor. The young, much-discussed quartet has climbed steadily since releasing albums in 2021 and 2023; the Times critic Lindsay Zoladz credited both frontman Cameron Winter’s solo album Heavy Metal and Geese’s third record with the band’s creative and commercial breakthrough.

Zoladz called Getting Killed a favorite album of last year and compared Winter’s distinctive vocal warble to cilantro, saying "you either love it or you hate it." For their first S.N.L. song the band chose the glacial ballad "Au Pays du Cocaine," a title Zoladz notes is an esoteric pun on "The Land of Cockaigne." Winter’s habit of altering rhythm and phrasing from the recorded versions—pausing extra beats before lines—was on display, and the performance, Zoladz wrote, never quite found its footing for unfamiliar viewers.

The second number, the album opener "Trinidad," was louder and more forceful: an eerie build between hushed verses and an explosive chorus in which Winter shouts, "There’s a bomb in my car!" Zoladz said the band sounded more locked in for that performance, with electric energy and a more contagious intensity.

Some critics had wondered whether an S.N.L.

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Culture, Geese, Saturday Night Live, Cameron Winter, Getting Killed, Trinidad