100 Horses

"100 Horses"
Single by Geese
from the album Getting Killed
ReleasedAugust 26, 2025
StudioPutnam Hill (Los Angeles)
Label
SongwriterCameron Winter
Producers
Geese singles chronology
"Trinidad"
(2025)		 "100 Horses"
(2025)		 "Au Pays du Cocaine" / "Cobra"
(2026)

“100 Horses“ is a single by the American rock band Geese. It was released as a preview of their album Getting Killed on August 26, 2025, following the release of the lead single "Taxes" and a preview of "Trinidad".

Themes

The song addresses "themes of unrest, displacement, and reluctant sacrifice", including repeated references to "times of war". Other lyrics include, "All people must die scared or else just die nervous".

Reception

A review of Getting Killed in Stereophile singled out "100 Horses" as "the standout track", calling it "forceful, unsettling, and gripping".

Entertainment Weekly said that the hooks were "excellent" on both "100 Horses" and "Taxes", describing them as "rollicking singles". The Wall Street Journal called out the song's "culicues of bluesy guitar".

The Globe and Mail selected it as one of its 10 best songs for 2025, describing "100 Horses" as a work that "lyrically implores dancing while stylistically inhibiting it".

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Geese:

Additional Musicians:

Technical:

References

  1. ↑ Dunworth, Liberty (August 28, 2025). "Geese share captivating new single '100 Horses' and announce 2026 UK and European tour". NME. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  2. ↑ Redfern, Mark (August 26, 2025). "Geese Share New Song "100 Horses"". Under the Radar. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  3. 1 2 O'Kane, Josh (December 9, 2025). "The 10 best songs of 2025: A distinctly human playlist for a whiplash year of threats to creativity". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 1, 2026 – via ProQuest.
  4. 1 2 Chestowski, Ray (2026). "Getting Killed". Stereophile. Retrieved February 1, 2026 – via EBSCOhost.
  5. ↑ Richards, Chris (November 25, 2025). "Geese is the best new band you're sick of hearing good things abou". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 1, 2026 – via EBSCOhost.
  6. ↑ Nuss, Allaire (December 2025). "The 10 best albums of 2025 | 6. Getting Killed". Entertainment Weekly.com. Retrieved February 1, 2026 – via EBSCOhost.
  7. ↑ Richardson, Mark (September 23, 2025). "'Getting Killed' by Geese Review: Leading the Indie-Rock Flock; The buzzy New York band sticks to its eccentricities with appealing swagger on its rewarding fourth album". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 1, 2026 – via ProQuest.
  8. ↑ Geese (September 26, 2025). Getting Killed (LP liner notes). Partisan Records. PTPS60LP.