Released: 2023

Genres: Indie Rock, Alt-Country, Country Rock, Art Punk, Southern Rock, Roots Rock

The Musiquarium’s 3D Country Review Score: 9 out of 10

Following Geese’s post-punk sophomore album Projector (retroactively their debut, as 2018’s A Beautiful Memory has basically been scrubbed from existence), 3D Country sees the Brooklyn band taking a trip down south into country rock territory, with help from producer, James Ford.

2122 is an energetic opener that takes their post-punk energy and infuses it with some psychedelic country rock, full of unhinged vocals, bluesy riffs and a chaotic bridge. The title track sees the band take things a bit slower and adds in some soulful backing vocals à la the Rolling Stones of the early seventies; Cowboy Nudes and I See Myself In You are similar country-fried ballads, which also have unconventional/experimental bridges.

Undoer is a seven minute-long, slow-building jazzy rocker that flexes the band’s penchant for jamming and has an explosive climax. Crusades has a David Bowie “Heroes”-like triumphant chug to it. Both Mysterious Love and Domoto are driven by fantastic guitar riffs.

Where vocalist Cameron Winter was mostly switching between various legendary N.Y.C. vocalists’ styles across Projector (namely Julian Casablancas, Tom Verlaine, Lou Reed and James Murphy), 3D Country sees him go for more of Mick Jagger vocal style, but adds some of his post-punk mannerisms and weirdness (think Ween’s 12 Golden Country Greats meets The Rolling Stone’s Sticky Fingers) — at times Winter sounds crazy, at other times, he sounds more serene, but he alway sounds impressive. As for the rhythm section, the musicianship is very tight and sees the Gen Z band playing just as well as their heroes from the 1970s, but without feeling like an derivative ripoff (i.e. Airbourne, Jet, Wolfmother, Greta Van Fleet, etc.).

As somebody who doesn’t much like country music and is past his classic rock obsession, I still loved 3D Country and its unique blend of styles, though I’m not too fond of the uncanny A.I. cover.

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Written by Brett Nippard