If super fast alt-rock with a lot of horns is your jam, Goose Club’s The Goose Is Loose EP is for you.

Hailing from the DC Metro area, Goose Club consists of Garrett Shaw (sax/keys/vocals), Dylan Nowak (vocals/guitar/trumpet), Kyle Shaw (bass) and Stan Chong (drums). On their new EP recorded at Inner Ear Studios (where the Foo Fighters recorded “The Feast And The Famine”), the foursome dishes out 4-slick tunes reminiscent of No Doubt, Panic at the Disco and Dave Mathews Band all mashed up together. It’s an eclectic, genre-bending collection that dips into many sounds while maintaining its alternative core.

Opener “Down at the Beach” boasts a ska-rock blend à la Sublime, but with heaps of sax. Nowak gives off an Alan Meade (Starpool) vibe, as the track segues into a speedy breakdown, with a killer horns solo. The track also highly features Shaw’s keys in the mix. If you are human and have ears, you probably know: keys + horns = happiness. “Beach” delivers on both and then some.

“Show Me the Money” kicks up the pace even more with rapid-fire drumming (hi-hat!) from Chong, and MORE HORNS. Sweet, glorious horns. It’s simultaneously dancey and jammy, further showing what the band is capable of and what makes them tick.

EP closer “Don’t Fall Asleep” slows it down a bit, with tons of heart, waxing poetic about a relationship gone wrong, wasted time, and dreams of second chances. It’s filled with killer grooves, and again, gives the trumpet and sax room to shine.

The band cites Sublime, Rebelution, The Dear Hunter and King Crimson as influences, and you can feel their presence throughout. The EP has sounds you miss from your favorite 90’s acts, but with a modern twist and prog-rock lean, which makes for an extremely well-rounded effort from this up-and-coming outfit.

Check out the 4-track EP below, Like them on Facebook or listen on Spotify!