DOVE ELLIS/GEESE
Dove Ellis/Geese, Terminal West, Atlanta, GA 11/8/2025
If you were one of the 500 lucky people packed into Tulips FTW on November 4, you know you witnessed something rare. Geese’s Getting Killed tour has been a sold-out sprint across the U.S. since the album’s release in September, and for this stretch, they’ve had the quietly brilliant Dove Ellis opening. Ellis is an artist on the brink — his set unfolded with tender emotion, sweeping guitar builds, and an operatic voice that evokes Jeff Buckley without imitation. Far from folding under the weight of a breakout opportunity, he delivered performances that eclipsed his studio recordings.
When Geese took the stage, the room erupted. Fans in Geese merch, plush animals, and homemade goose jewelry arrived hours early and rode the rails to catch this moment. The band launched into “Husbands” and never let the energy dip during a tight, blistering 90-minute set. Frontman Cameron Winter kept the crowd engaged outside of the songs, taking an impromptu poll on Fort Worth vs. Dallas (Fort Worth won, naturally) and offered a tongue-in-cheek moment of silence for the day’s news of Dick Cheney’s passing.
Highlights included “Getting Killed,” “Cowboy Nudes,” and “Au Pays du Cocaine,” each met with shouts, sweat, and mosh-pit sing-alongs up front. For the encore, “Trinidad” capped the night in cathartic chaos with fans crowd-surfing.
It was one of those nights that felt like a turning point — for Geese, already ascending, and for Dove Ellis, whose moment seems just around the corner.
Shot and Written by Alexa Kravitz
