When Josh Kiszka publicly came out in June, he admits he was apprehensive about the reaction he might get to his heartfelt Instagram post about the “loving, same-sex relationship” he’s been in for eight years. “I was really concerned. I felt like, ‘Well, I’m going to have a target on my back,’” the singer of hard-rock revivalists Greta Van Fleet tells Rolling Stone. “You really feel that way, which is unfortunate, but it’s true.”
But the 27-year-old frontman with an operatic voice straight from the Misty Mountains had nothing to worry about.
But the 27-year-old frontman with an operatic voice straight from the Misty Mountains had nothing to worry about.
- 8/15/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Greta Van Fleet have shared their third album, titled Starcatcher. Stream it via Apple Music or Spotify below.
The album was recorded in Nashville by the band and Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb over sessions that guitarist Jake Kiszka described in a statement as “very instinctual.” For Starcatcher, the Michigan quartet aimed to strike at big questions like “What is this consciousness that we have, and where did it come from?” as posited by bassist Sam Kiszka, while also digging deeper into their mythical lore by revisiting concepts from their previous work, including 2021’s The Battle at Garden’s Gate.
“We had this idea that we wanted to tell these stories to build a universe,” drummer Danny Wagner shared. “We wanted to introduce characters and motifs and these ideas that would come about here and there throughout our careers through this world.”
In advance of the LP’s release, the band...
The album was recorded in Nashville by the band and Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb over sessions that guitarist Jake Kiszka described in a statement as “very instinctual.” For Starcatcher, the Michigan quartet aimed to strike at big questions like “What is this consciousness that we have, and where did it come from?” as posited by bassist Sam Kiszka, while also digging deeper into their mythical lore by revisiting concepts from their previous work, including 2021’s The Battle at Garden’s Gate.
“We had this idea that we wanted to tell these stories to build a universe,” drummer Danny Wagner shared. “We wanted to introduce characters and motifs and these ideas that would come about here and there throughout our careers through this world.”
In advance of the LP’s release, the band...
- 7/21/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
Greta Van Fleet have released a new track, “The Falling Sky,” off the band’s upcoming studio album, Starcatcher. The song captures the band’s retro vibe, with groovy guitars and singer Josh Kiszka’s high-octane vocals.
In addition to the official audio, Greta Van Fleet have shared a live performance video for “The Falling Sky,” which was filmed at their Sacramento show on the “Dreams in Gold Tour” in March of this year.
“An unwavering warrior carrying on the endless, eternal, and impossible battle for salvation; these were the elements of symbolism associated with this particular track,” guitarist Jake Kiszka said of the song on Apple Music 1’s The Zane Lowe Show, where the track premiered. “In essence our fate is sealed, alike the stars that fall from the almighty heavens to the earth. This philosophy is carried through in the story of a bluesman, at the crossroads of the universe.
In addition to the official audio, Greta Van Fleet have shared a live performance video for “The Falling Sky,” which was filmed at their Sacramento show on the “Dreams in Gold Tour” in March of this year.
“An unwavering warrior carrying on the endless, eternal, and impossible battle for salvation; these were the elements of symbolism associated with this particular track,” guitarist Jake Kiszka said of the song on Apple Music 1’s The Zane Lowe Show, where the track premiered. “In essence our fate is sealed, alike the stars that fall from the almighty heavens to the earth. This philosophy is carried through in the story of a bluesman, at the crossroads of the universe.
- 6/27/2023
- by Anne Erickson
- Consequence - Music
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