Greta Van Fleet From The Fires (2017){2024, Uicy 16233}_mp3

The Battle at Garden's Gate is the kind of album title that accurately reflects the contents within. Greta Van Fleet isn't much concerned with the modern world, preferring to live in a fantasy of their own creation, one cobbled together with ideas learned from old albums from Led Zeppelin, Rush, and Styx. All these elements were in place on their 2018 debut Anthem of the Peaceful Army, but they're amplified on The Battle at Garden's Gate, an album that makes everything that worked the first time bigger and louder, or just more. The group's unexpected success meant they had the power to enlist an A-list producer, so they brought Greg Kurstin – a Grammy winner for his work with Adele and Beck who also helmed records by Paul McCartney and Foo Fighters – into the studio to help shape their fanciful notions and heavy riffs.

Starcatcher doesn't find Greta Van Fleet returning to their roots – that'd be a premature move, they're only a half-decade into their career – so much as making a bid for street cred: they're stripping away the studio gloss so they can stand on their merits as a rock & roll band. Smartly, the group hired Dave Cobb, the Nashville musician who made his name as one of the sharpest and earthiest producers in Americana. Don't take Cobb's presence as a sign that the pride of Frankenmuth has suddenly discovered downhome roots. Cobb's résumé is littered with such credits as Sammy Hagar, Slash, and Whiskey Myers, so he's on firm footing with Greta Van Fleet.

The time has finally come: After 250 worldwide sold-out live shows, with over 1 million tickets sold, Greta Van Fleet release their third album "Starcatcher". The Grammy winners from Michigan, whose first two albums "Anthem Of The Peaceful Army" and "The Battle At Garden's Gate" each debuted at #3 on the German album charts, are reaching for the stars this time even with the album title. A strong harbinger is the first single "Meeting The Master", which evolves from a delicate acoustic intro into a rock monster. Ten songs make up the new album, dealing with the duality between fantasy / reality and the contrast between light and darkness. The album was written by the band and produced by Grammy winner Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile). The recording took place at the legendary RCA Studios in Nashville.