A Geese Review That's Not Like Every Other Geese Review
Plus a Massachusetts cellist's untamed rock music, a Cuban repartero's big-leagues gambit, and more.

Welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we discuss a handful of new records catching our attention. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s happening now. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer.
This week we’ve got a synth-pop album that made Andy (favorably) nostalgic for his late oughts retail job; a producer’s compilation that almost sent Dylan to the hospital via hip-hop head-nod; and a rock album so good that it compelled Ryan to, somewhat reluctantly, write a review that kinda made me cry.