Article Contributed by Big Hassle Media
Published on 2026-05-21
Goose has announced a series of listening parties introducing fans to their upcoming sixth studio album, BIG MODERN! A specially curated network of vinyl bars, hi-fi lounges, and listening spaces will unite on Wednesday, June 10, and Thursday, June 11, to play the eagerly awaited new album together ahead of its official release, creating a unique shared listening experience across the country. BIG MODERN! arrives via No Coincidence Records on Friday, June 12. Pre-orders and pre-saves are available now.
PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE BIG MODERN!
RSVP TO BIG MODERN! LISTENING PARTIES
GOOSE – BIG MODERN! LISTENING PARTIES
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
Denver, CO – Vaultaire (6:00 pm local)
Portland, OR – Daydream (7:00 pm local)
San Diego, CA – Longplay Hi-Fi (7:00 pm local)
THURSDAY, JUNE 11
Atlanta, GA – Commune (5:00 pm local)
Nashville, TN – Vinyl Tap (5:30 pm local)
Los Angeles, CA – Goldline (6:00 pm local)
Asheville, NC – Joyful Noise (7:00 pm local)
Brooklyn, NY – Eavesdrop (7:00 pm local)
Chicago, IL – Parachute (7:00 pm local)
New York, NY – Tokyo Record Bar (7:30 pm local)
Additional hi-fi bars, listening spaces, and vinyl lounges interested in participating can reach out to Emily Bass at ebass@11elevengroup.com.
A fully immersive world of sound that ingeniously captures what it feels like to move through today’s overstimulated, hyperconnected society, BIG MODERN! includes such evocative new singles as “Torero” and the rapturous “Good2B,” both available everywhere now. Hailed by Rolling Stone as “groovy and discombobulated…a vintage Goose jam,” “Good2B” followed an array of cryptic teases from the band, including a hilarious video posted to social media starring Emmy Award-nominated actor Jake Lacy (The White Lotus, The Office, Girls), who then accompanied the band as they sat courtside at the 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.
"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,” Goose singer-guitarist Rick Mitarotonda told Rolling Stone. “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.”
LISTEN TO “TORERO”
LISTEN TO “GOOD2B”
WATCH TEASER VIDEO STARRING JAKE LACY
BIG MODERN! sees Goose confronting the relentless stimuli and accelerated absurdity of our present-day culture by meeting it head-on with their own sprawling versatility and creative range. Built on the back of the band’s vaunted improvisational prowess, the album highlights their ongoing musical evolution through 15 future-facing tracks that weave effortlessly through heartland rock piano ballads, accented orchestral jazz interludes, and high-octane synth rock. Goose beckon listeners with high-energy pop grooves and searing guitar riffs, their genre-bending orchestration moving fleet-footedly between driving distortion and gorgeous choral harmonies. BIG MODERN! is everything, all at once – optimized, amplified, and specified. A dopamine-flooded world shaped by constant reward and distraction. An unsustainable, electrified menagerie of information and entertainment, promise and peril. You know it feels hollow, chase it anyway, and slowly start questioning what parts of you are actually yours. BIG MODERN! chronicles that chase, staring through the funhouse mirror. The result is Goose’s most spacious and deeply considered collection thus far, an all-encompassing musical experience that pushes their signature wit, musical ingenuity, and inimitable vision to the next level and beyond.
Goose will continue introducing the world of BIG MODERN! to fans around the globe on an epic 2026 tour schedule set to hit Europe and the United Kingdom later this week. Highlights include sold-out two-night stands at London’s Electric Brixton (May 22-23) and Amsterdam, NL’s Melkweg (May 27-28), a headline show at Paris, FR’s historic Élysée-Montmartre (June 1), and a top-billed festival performance at Aarhus, DK’s NorthSide 2026 (June 5).
From there, Goose return to North America for their annual summer headline tour, this year featuring some of the most ambitious routing of their career thus far, reinforcing the band’s steady ascent into premier venues across the continent. 2026 Summer Tour dates begin June 13 at Toronto, ON’s RBC Amphitheatre and then continue through late August. Highlights include a two-night return to New York City’s Madison Square Garden (June 19-20), along with two-night stands at Virginia Beach, VA’s The Dome (June 15-16), Charleston, SC’s Firefly Distillery (June 23-24), Raleigh, NC’s Red Hat Amphitheater (June 26-27), Boston, MA’s sold-out Leader Bank Pavilion (June 30-July 1), Saratoga Springs, NY’s SPAC (July 3-4), Bend, OR’s Hayden Homes Amphitheater (August 21-22), and Morrison, CO’s sold-out Red Rocks Amphitheatre (August 27-28), as well as one-night-only shows at such famed venues as Columbia, MD’s Merriweather Post Pavilion (June 28) and Los Angeles, CA’s The Greek Theatre (August 14). Select dates will see Goose joined by a diverse lineup of special guests, including Julian Lage (June 13), The Disco Biscuits (July 3), moe. (July 4), Greensky Bluegrass (August 19-21), Buffalo Traffic Jam (August 22), and Theoretical Blonde (August 29).
In addition, the seemingly indefatigable Goose – who earlier this month visited San José del Cabo, Mexico for the second edition of their Viva El Gonzo destination festival experience – will head south of the border once again in early 2027 for two top-billed sets at Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: 10 Years on the Beach, set for January 20-23, 2027 at Riviera Maya, MX’s famed Moon Palace.
$1 from every ticket sold on Goose’s 2026 Summer Tour will benefit Western Sun Foundation (WSF), a volunteer-run 501(c)3 supporting grassroots nonprofits in the cities the band visits. For complete details and ticket information, please visit www.goosetheband.com/tour.
