Goose are deep into one of the most ambitious rollouts of their career, and they’re not letting up. Today, the Connecticut-bred four-piece dropped “Torero,” the latest taste of their immersive sixth studio album, BIG MODERN!, due Friday, June 12 via No Coincidence Records. Pre-orders and pre-saves are live now.

“Torero” opens on a synthetic drone, with reverberating drums shimmering up like heat off desert pavement. A pulsing bassline and crisp hi-hat drive the track forward, shadowed by a muted, menacing guitar that radiates an adrenaline-fueled nostalgia — call it a “Danger Zone” for the 21st century. From there, singer-guitarist Rick Mitarotonda’s harmonic riffs walk a razor’s edge while keyboardist Peter Anspach’s synths swell, before the whole thing cracks open into a cathartic chorus and a howling outro solo. It’s lush, layered, and patiently menacing — exactly the kind of widescreen songcraft Goose fans have come to expect.

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“Torero” follows lead single “Good2B,” which Rolling Stone called “a vintage Goose gem.” That track arrived after a now-legendary stretch of cryptic teases, including a viral social video starring Emmy-nominated actor Jake Lacy (The White Lotus, The Office, Girls), who later joined the band courtside at Madison Square Garden for Knicks vs. Bulls — the four members of Goose decked out in matching yellow hoodies spelling “FACE,” a nod to their fan-favorite song “Big Modern!” Add in two weeks of guerrilla marketing in major US cities, a BIGMODERN.com Morse code puzzle, and interactive social-media riffing, and the band has executed one of the more inventive album campaigns in recent memory.

According to Mitarotonda, that’s entirely the point. “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,” he told Rolling Stone. “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.’ Synthetic, prepackaged human emotion on demand for your entertainment. The nightly doomscroll bliss. Identity as a brand. Your FACE… on your FACE. Somehow, more becomes less. It’s awesome, and it’s terrifying.”

Across 15 future-facing tracks, BIG MODERN! confronts the relentless stimuli of the present moment by meeting it head-on with the band’s sprawling versatility. Built on their vaunted improvisational chops, the record moves fleet-footedly through heartland piano ballads, orchestral jazz interludes, high-octane synth rock, searing guitar riffs, and gorgeous choral harmonies. It’s the most spacious and deeply considered collection of Goose’s career — a funhouse-mirror chronicle of the chase that questions which parts of you are actually yours.

The 2026 tour behind it has been just as ambitious. After kicking off in March with a 25,000-capacity headline at Athens, GA’s Jam in the Streets festival and stacking up two-night stands across Fort Lauderdale, St. Augustine, New Orleans, and Austin, Goose head south of the border this week for the second edition of their destination festival Viva El Gonzo (May 7–9 in San José del Cabo, Mexico). Anchored by three nights of Goose performances, the festival also features My Morning Jacket, Cory Wong, LP Giobbi, Jim James (Acoustic), Leisure, The Disco Biscuits, and The California Honeydrops.

From there, the band crosses the Atlantic for a major UK and European headline run, opening with a sold-out two-night stand at London’s Electric Brixton (May 22–23), two sold-out nights at Amsterdam’s Melkweg (May 27–28), a headline at Paris’s historic Élysée-Montmartre (June 1), and a top-billed festival slot at Aarhus, DK’s NorthSide 2026 (June 5).

The Summer Tour follows stateside starting June 13 at Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre and running through late August. Highlights include a two-night return to Madison Square Garden (June 19–20), two-night stands at Virginia Beach’s The Dome, Charleston’s Firefly Distillery, Raleigh’s Red Hat Amphitheater, Boston’s sold-out Leader Bank Pavilion, Saratoga Springs’ SPAC, and Bend’s Hayden Homes Amphitheater, plus two sold-out nights at Red Rocks (August 27–28) and one-night-only shows at Merriweather Post Pavilion (June 28) and The Greek Theatre in LA (August 14). Special guests across the run include Julian Lage, The Disco Biscuits, moe., Greensky Bluegrass, and Buffalo Traffic Jam. $1 from every ticket sold benefits Western Sun Foundation, the band’s 501(c)3 supporting grassroots nonprofits in the cities they visit.

BIG MODERN! TRACKLIST:
(begin)
Big Modern!
Scavenger
(you are here)
((savengersspell))
Good2B
MEDIA
Torero
(faena)
POP
SALT
(again)
Good Times // End Times
((nocturne))
(((postplace)))

Pre-order/pre-save BIG MODERN! and grab tickets for the 2026 tour at goosetheband.com/tour. If “Torero” is any indication, June 12 can’t come soon enough — and the live shows are only going to amplify everything this record is reaching for. Don’t sleep.