Earlier in 2026, grunge icon Courtney Love came out as Geese-curious after discovering the music of Cameron Winters and company following their meteoric rise in 2025.
After taking some time to really live with Getting Killed, Winters' Heavy Metal, and the online discourse her comments generated for better or worse, Love returned to Instagram to reveal that her gander at Geese has rapidly grown into "blossoming appreciation."
"Hi, I'm back with more Geese update," Love said on Instagram. "My Geese curious has turned into, you know, Geese blossoming appreciation. And I'm fully liking it. And for those of you that haven't listened to Geese, they're kind of Daniel Johnson meets Rolling Stones adjacent. And the singer, Cameron, sounds like a 600-year-old man. I mean that in the best way."
"And he's a f**king seriously good lyricist," she added. "Like seriously good lyricist, seriously. And, you know, they're kind of Rolling Stones adjacent in a very naive way if you're open-minded."
While Love is all-in on exploring Geese more moving forward, to the point where she vowed to see them live in the next step of her fanaticism, the Hole singer does have an issue with the band's fanbase, comparing their gatekeeping to her attempts to impress Sonic Youth back in the 1990s.
"But the Geese trolls are like another kettle of fish. I feel like it's 1990 and I'm trying to impress Sonic Youth again, which is great," Love said. "I don't know. I'm like a cool old lady who likes a band. Get off my back. 'Leave them alone. Leave them alone. Leave Lana alone.' It's like 13-year-old Swifties coming for me. I mean, it's hilarious."
A pioneer of her own alternative rock revival 30 years earlier, Love understands what it's like to watch a band grow from hometown heroes to international stars and the kind of fanbases that can produce. If Sonic Youth can like Geese in 2026, then fans should accept that Love does too.
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