Leave it to Goose to turn an album rollout into a national social experiment. The genre-bending Connecticut quartet has announced a coast-to-coast network of hi-fi listening parties to celebrate their highly anticipated sixth studio album, BIG MODERN!, arriving Friday, June 12 via No Coincidence Records. Fans who RSVP will get to hear the record in full — on properly tuned systems, in rooms built for it — a full 48 hours before the rest of the world.

On Wednesday, June 10 and Thursday, June 11, a specially curated network of vinyl bars, hi-fi lounges, and listening spaces will sync up to spin BIG MODERN! together, transforming a typical pre-release stream into a shared, communal experience. It’s a fitting move for a band whose entire identity has been built on the chemistry between performers and listeners in the same room.

Here’s where you can catch a listening party:

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)

The events cap off one of the more inspired (and gleefully absurd) album campaigns in recent memory. Over the last several weeks, Goose have flooded major US cities with cryptic “BIG MODERN!” guerrilla marketing, launched a Morse code–laden BIGMODERN.com, and recruited Emmy-nominated actor Jake Lacy (The White Lotus, The Office) for a deadpan teaser video before parking him courtside at Madison Square Garden between the four band members — each wearing a bright yellow hoodie spelling out “FACE,” a nod to their fan-favorite track of the same name.

“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,” singer-guitarist Rick Mitarotonda told Rolling Stone. “The album is a dispatch from interesting times… the exhilarating, disorienting experience of constantly being so ‘connected.’ Identity as a brand. Your FACE… on your FACE. Somehow, more becomes less.”

Across 15 future-facing tracks, BIG MODERN! threads heartland rock piano ballads, orchestral jazz interludes, and high-octane synth rock through the band’s vaunted improvisational instincts. Lead singles “Torero” and “Good2B” — the latter hailed by Rolling Stone as “groovy and discombobulated…a vintage Goose jam” — are streaming everywhere now.

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The listening parties land in the middle of an enormous touring year. Goose’s European and UK run kicks off this week with sold-out two-night stands at London’s Electric Brixton (May 22-23) and Amsterdam’s Melkweg (May 27-28), a headline date at Paris’s historic Élysée-Montmartre (June 1), and a top-billed slot at Denmark’s NorthSide festival (June 5). The band then returns to North America for their 2026 Summer Tour, beginning June 13 at Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre and running through late August. Highlights include a two-night stand at Madison Square Garden (June 19-20), sold-out nights at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion (June 30-July 1), and a sold-out two-night return to Red Rocks Amphitheatre (August 27-28), with special guests including Julian Lage, The Disco Biscuits, moe., and Greensky Bluegrass along the way.

In keeping with their grassroots ethos, $1 from every ticket sold on the 2026 Summer Tour will benefit Western Sun Foundation, a volunteer-run nonprofit supporting community organizations in the cities Goose visits.

RSVPs for the BIG MODERN! listening parties are open now, and pre-orders and pre-saves for the album are live. Whether you’re hearing it on a hi-fi rig in Brooklyn, a vinyl bar in Nashville, or your headphones on June 12, BIG MODERN! is shaping up to be Goose’s most ambitious, most considered, and most uniquely Goose statement yet. Don’t sleep on it — RSVP, pre-save, and get your FACE in the room.