Due to the past year of lockdowns, quarantines, and an audible absence of live music, the spring of 2021 has become a great hope, a life-preserver that bands and fans have been doggy-paddling towards throughout the uncharted waters of pandemia.
Connecticut-based jam band, Goose, recently announced their May run of drive-in shows that will be the group’s first performances of the new year.
While most bands were treading water, Goose took the opportunity to be a soaring example of how to reconfigure the boundaries of “live music,” while still honing their craft to a sharp point.
They didn’t just survive COVID, they thrived — and fans know it. That’s why their May shows sold out in just thirty seconds.
“We were all expecting [2020] to be our biggest year ever… and I think it was. Which is ironic — because I can only see that in hindsight, because in April I was like… ‘Fuck,’” said Peter Anspach of Goose over a Zoom call this February.
Like a passionate smooch from a lipsticked pig, Goose ended the “cursed” year playing on top of the Rockefeller Center in New York. That performance, a livestream of their annual “Goosemas” show, pulled 50,000 virtual attendants and raised $45,000 for the Save Our Stages campaign.
