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Starcatcher

Greta Van Fleet

Starcatcher

Third studio album by Michigan rock quartet produced by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, John Prine, Sturgill Simpson)

ADM rating[?]

5.6

Label
EMI
UK Release date
21/07/2023
US Release date
21/07/2023
  1. 8.0 |   Kerrang!

    With a nod to the classic rock that inspired them, Greta Van Fleet continue to contort those great influences in challenging and evocative new directions
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  2. 8.0 |   XS Noize

    It’s an album that’s sure to delight the already established fan base but also lure more newcomers over, showing that this style of music is still alive and well
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  3. 8.0 |   American Songwriter

    Take them as they are. Love them or leave them. They’re still unabashedly clicked into late ’60s-early ‘70s bygone rock, and Starcatcher is, indeed, classic Greta Van Flee
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  4. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    So are Greta Van Fleet shameless imitators? Yep. Are they also carrying on a musical tradition that’s now endangered, like the young blues players still adhering to the basics of that genre long after we’ve lost Muddy and B.B.? Yes, that too. For defenders, you best show up with a pretty good broadsword
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  5. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Fate Of The faithful is ostensibly No Quarter, Meeting The Master is Thank You, and The Falling Sky cribs a Robert Plant-style harp solo so perfectly that GVF can likely taste his spit. Be in no doubt, however, that frontman Josh Kiszka's Olympian wail can part the waves of cynicism and make the scales fall from your eyes. Print edition only

  6. 5.0 |   Uncut

    Even a recreation of the harmonica sound from "When The Levee Breaks" on "The Falling Sky" and the same song's famous cavernous beat on "Sacred The Thread" can't help either song stick in the memory. Print edition only

  7. 5.0 |   All Music

    A bit of tightening and a bit of polish would've gone a long way here
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  8. 3.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    If any band should feel threatened by artificial intelligence, it’s Greta Van Fleet
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  9. 2.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Looks like it’s back to the drawing board for whichever craven startup CEO cooked this one up in the experience machine; you won’t be able to unplug fast enough
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