:
'
.. .:.... . ' '
______________ : ________ : '
\ / .. .:. .. \ / : :
\ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . :
.\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _.
: \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \
. ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / /
: /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH!
' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. .
:/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __
.\ / / / / / / / / / / /
\ / / / / / / / / / / / .
. \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / :
\/ ____ \ / / / / / :
\ / \ /\____/\ / / : :
________\/ \ / \ / / : '
\ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. .
\ / \/ \ /
\ / \ / . '
: \/ F A N G \ / : '
____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. .
\ / presents \ / .
. \/ \/ :
: .
..:.. ,
: Artist......: Treeboy & Arc
: Album.......: GOOSE :
: Label.......: Clue Records .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Indie :
Catnr.......: CLUE127CD .
' Source......: CD ,
; Rip.date....: 2026-06-21
Str.date....: 2026-04-10
Quality.....: 270kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
.:. Url.........: n/a '
' ,
________ ________
\ / \ /
\ / \ /
\ / # title time \ /
\/ \/
1. Never Again 3:58
2. Hangnail 3:57
3. Personal Best 3:17
4. Red 4:05
5. Fallen Arch 4:07
6. ITK 3:49
7. County Lines 4:36
8. Omnipotence 3:33
9. Component Parts 4:32
10. Parts and Labour 3:09
______
\ / ________ Runtime 39:03
,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 79.38 ______
:\/ ', \ / , \ /
' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /.
: Release Notes: \/ , \/ ,
' '
,: Review by Jim Lazenby of Stub Quarterly: :,
: :
:' *** Within hours of this issue being released Treeboy & Arc ':
,: confirmed that the band would be calling it quits. They :,
: therefore take the title for quickest group to disband after :
:' featuring on the cover of Stub. More importantly, the Leeds ':
,: music scene lost one of the jewels in its crown. *** :,
: :
:' It's here. The sophomore album for Leeds darlings Treeboy & ':
,: Arc; 'Goose'. Nothing, and I mean nothing, has been more hotly :,
: anticipated than this release except maybe the moon landing or a :
:' tram system in our great city. ':
,: :,
: The excitement for this album has been building for over a year. :
:' It can be seen as far back as issue two of Stub Quarterly in ':
,: which Treeboy & Arc's headline set at Hyde Park Book Club on :,
: 31st January 2025 was reviewed. At that point there were 'new' :
:' songs including 'Personal Best' being revealed to the crowd, ':
,: teasing that the band had something special under their hat, :,
: ready to reveal at their choosing. :
:' ':
,: Then we waited and waited a little more. Querying when the great :,
: day would be upon us that the new Treeboy anthems would be ours :
:' to devour. Then, almost a year to the day of the HPBC set, ':
,: 'Red' hit the airwaves and the Leeds music scene was put on :,
: notice that 'Goose' would be with us in April. So, why the wait? :
:' Is 'Goose' all we have collectively hyped it up to be? How ':
,: would it compare to Treeboy & Arc's debut album, 'Natural :,
: Habitat'? :
:' ':
,: To start to answer these questions let's compare the lead :,
: singles of 'Goose' and 'Natural Habitat'; 'Retirement' and :
:' 'Red'. In the former, drums, bass and guitar heads the charge ':
,: with complex wordplay slaloming between them. Synth edges in an :,
: out of ear shot like a child screaming on a roundabout. 'Red' :
:' however sees synth laying down a steady, strong repetitive beat ':
,: alongside drums. Guitars compliment rather than dominate, with :,
: the lyrics being concise and repetitive to build in a memorable :
:' lyrical hook that will have the crowd screaming as they lose ':
,: control of their emotions to trance induced rhythms. :,
: :
:' This is heard throughout the album and shows a band's sound ':
,: that has been stripped down to its bare components and rebuilt :,
: into something new. It's all that was there previously but :
:' reconsidered to keep it fresh and interesting. A band's sound, ':
,: synthesised (pun intended). :,
: :
:' It is also worth mentioning the dialled back pace of songs ':
,: including 'Fallen Arch' and 'County Lines'. Sometimes less :,
: really is more to let each component part shine and add to the :
:' well-rounded feel of the album. There is time for introspection ':
,: as well as bopping, all within the tight 39 minutes of the :,
: album. :
:' ':
,: Taken as a whole, this really is the golden Goose (last pun, I :,
: promise). Some things take time to craft to make sure they are :
:' perfect. Pushing out 'more of the same', quickly, colours a ':
,: band in a certain light and can be a common downfall, something :,
: that Treeboy & Arc are clearly keen to avoid. Craft, however, :
:' also requires skill and experience; something Treeboy & Arc ':
,: have by the bucketload. This holy trinity of time, skill, and :,
: experience is what makes 'Goose' exciting, refreshing, and :
:' faultless. It takes all three elements to give the confidence ':
,: to turn something great into something stand out. Has 'Goose' :,
: lived up to the hype? Stub are pleased to confirm that is has :
:' and more. Tell a friend, go see them live, and go buy the ':
,: album; this is art punk at its finest. :,
: :
:' ':
: '
'.. ..'
.. . :........... . . . . ............: . .
______________ ______________
\ / \ /
\ / GREETS: \ /
\ / \ /
\ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ /
\ / MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ /
\ / \ /
\/ ____ ____ \/
\ / F A N G \ /
\/ \/