(5) Arrow - 12/12/2025 vs. (12) Hungersite - 02/15/2025

This is a close matchup. Neither are my favorite but i'm going with Hungersite.

I think this is a lot closer than a 5/12 matchup. Was tempted to go Hungersite but that last few dark minutes of Arrow are too good

I would write something here, but Los Feliz Ghost said it as well and accurately (for me) as I could. If he's the biggest stan for this Hungersite, then I'm the second biggest. I had these two #11 and #12 in my bracket, which seems insane for a type 1.5 Hungersite. But I this is a flawless, perfectly executed and stunningly beautiful bliss jam. Really really good Arrow - probably my favorite Goosemas jam - but points deducted for not being proper. Hungersite gets my vote by a hair

Pretty sure he's boycotting this one

Neal
19 hours ago
Has B Dunn made a statement?

I voted Arrow, but a quick personal note about this Hungersite - I really underrated this one during the year, I forgot about it and didn't re-listen until recently, and I've probably listened to it 7 times in the past week or so. Yeah it's nothing fancy, but that peak! It's great. All of that said, I think that this Arrow is pretty special, I had it as my top #4 seed on my playlist.

Nothing special here. Arrow has my vote simply cuz it’s goosemas and it’s got some horns. 🤷‍♂️

Ghost's comment is exactly it, seconded

It's Hungersite for me, dog. Some jams are complex and groundbreaking (think GR Madhuvan 2/15/25). Others just hit the right notes in the right order (think Went Gin 8/17/97). This Hungersite is the latter. I might be its biggest stan. I had it as a 2-seed (my no. 5 overall). It's a top-tier bliss jam. I love when they ride a single theme to a focused conclusion. It's emotive and triumphant. Rick is balanced: no rush, no guitar hero, very few notes until that glorious ending.

I like this Arrow, but less than the crowd. The dark segment is sick, no doubt, but it's so short. If I'm highlighting Goose's ability to go dark, there are 5 (10?) other jams I'd choose over this Arrow from this year alone.

Ho hum Hungersite. Gimme Arrow with Bogie on the sax

Attendance bias works both ways. I was in attendance for both of these. The Hungersite did not stand out for me when I saw it live. It is a nice version for sure, but didn’t leave an impression on me at the show. The Arrow on the other hand, was notable in real time and remains that was for me upon numerous re-listens. Arrow gets my vote.

Saxophones are cool, nice touch to the arrow jam. But this Hungersite crushes it im pretty much every way. Thought this would be a huge upset. Not sure what people see in the Arrow. This Hungersite is vastly underseeded and one of the best jams in the competition, imo

There are definitely some beautiful moments in this Arrow, and there are some wonderfully dark moments too (plus a few hints/riffs of Iron Man scattered in there for good measure), but as much as I like it… I feel they pulled the ripcord just when it was getting interesting. Mixed feelings on something that was unique, but also missed an opportunity to be incredible. While this is special, the Arrow from Columbus blows this out of the water.

The Hungersite has some firey moments, but was definitely not the highlight of N3 in Grand Rapids. It’s on the short side, and I feel like it was one of a few choices that kinda got crammed into that second set just for the sake of playing a few songs that “needed to be played” before they closed out that short February tour. In all honesty… not sure it’s a bracket-worthy entry.

Gonna go with the Arrow because of what Bogie brought to the table, although I’m not head-over-heels about either of these.

I really like the flair Bogie adds to this Arrow to make it feel unique. While I feel this jam is overrated and similar to Detroit BM in the sense that really only the end is explorative, it does more to me than this Hungersite which feels pretty basic in terms of JOTY. Well Executed and great vibes but not enough to justify it moving forward against this unique Arrow.

Madalena region is packed with jams that could go far. This Arrow is top notch and this outro leading into Burn The witch just makes it that much better. 💘

Has B Dunn made a statement?

These are my notes for each jam:
Arrow: The guitar/saxophone interplay between Rick and Stuart Bogie during the standard jam out of the song structure adds spice to a typically mundane section of the song carrying the band into a spooky motif. The jam takes off with roughly 5 minutes to go, delving into the depths of an inky abyss. Rick casts the searchlight, painting the pitch black with huge swaths of guitar all while SB adds tension with the sax.
Hungersite: Typically outstanding type 1 Hungersite section. A brief interlude of palpable Cassidy vibes before Rick takes over and delivers yet another spectacular emotive, soaring guitar solo like he does again and again in February.

Both strong, but Arrow is stronger.

Feels like cheating voting for a jam that has a guest sitting in, but the guest sit in is outrageously good so that’s my cope. Love the quasi-Scarlet/Fire jam they get into the back half, tremendous stuff

Hungersite has one of my favorite Rick solos from last year in what I feel was their best top-to-bottom show. I’ll never forget the feeling of the room as they built to the peak. Watch the video on YouTube and you’ll see the camera start to shake. It likely won’t defeat this Arrow but I’m glad it made the bracket.

This Arrow has no business in the bracket. There’s like 3 minutes of cool jamming. I’m not the bliss guy but this Hungersite does it for me. Crazy some people think theres some feb bias. The bias is towards jams that are actually good.

Hmmm…I’m a huge Stu Stan, but imo they didn’t break the ceiling here. Call and repeat followed by some climbing interweave, energetic but the standard sit in formula.

Part of the issue was that they stacked Stu behind Rick for these shows, forcing him to play from behind and limiting visual interplay

Arrow with Bogie's sax addition is incredible, one of my favorites from the entire 2025 catalog. This entire top half of the Madalena region is stacked!

I don’t understand the support this Hungersite has, it’s an above average Hungersite. In my opinion the MKE Hungersite was far better. This Arrow is full of cool stuff including the dark heavy metal stop start thing they get into. Best jam from Goosemas and the clear winner here.

I adore both of these jams and each are among some of my most listened to jams of the year

But even though this Arrow is not Proper Goose™️ it is far more compelling from an improv standpoint, especially in regards to the Bogie interplay of "dark Goose"

This Hungersite is bliss in a bottle. It doesn't deserve to move on from this round but I'm glad it made the bracket. It's far better than most of the flack that found its way into the bottom 32

This is the best Hungersite they’ve ever played. So so good

Have attendance bias for both of these jams and went Hungersite. The Arrow is nice but might be the most overseeded jam in the bracket. It being a 5 while the Milwaukee Hungersite is a 6 is.....something. Also not even close to as good as the Madhuvan played in the same set.

This Arrow is one of my favorite guested Goose performances ever. Stu is the perfect foil to Rick, and it adds depth and atmospherics to a song that (let’s be honest) can sometimes plod along aimlessly.

Killer Arrow. Easy vote.

Winter tour stans incoming to overlook this magical Arrow in 5….4….3….2…1…

This Hungersite isn’t complex and, in fact, it’s rather straight forward. You know what it is and where it's going almost immediately. That is a feature, not a bug. It starts off in good place and builds steadily into one of the most pure hose jams they’ve played. Rick is amazingly patient in letting the full band build a clean powerful wave of euphoria before he eventually paddles in and shreds the everliving shit out of it. It’s the sort of run through a wall, jump over a building blast off that I dream I'll see every time I head to show. Shocking to me it’s a 12 seed.

This Arrow to me is very similar to a lot of other plodding dark jams that they’ve played over the last 3 years. The genre has frankly gotten a little stale. This one is a little more interesting due to the addition of the sax, which weaves in well and provides some needed menace. But it still is just another pretty mundane dark jam and did not make my 64.

Arrow was the most monster jam of an incredibly underrepresented Goosemas in this year's JOTY seedings, I hope it goes as deep in the bracket as it did in Providence