Michigan-based rockers Greta Van Fleet returns with Starcatcher, their third studio album, which is set for release through Lava/Republic Records on July 21. Out today from the Grammy-winning quartet is the LP’s lead single, “Meeting The Master.”
Produced by Dave Cobb, the band — vocalist Josh Kiszka, drummer Danny Wagner, bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka and guitarist Jake Kiszka — wrote all 10 songs featured on the follow-up to 2021’s The Battle at Garden’s Gate. Greta Van Fleet used the large recording room at Nashville’s historic RCA Studios to infuse the energy from their dynamic live shows into the material on Starcatcher.
Greta Van Fleet created a world of their own for their new album. “We had this idea that we wanted to tell these stories to build a universe,” explained Wagner. “We wanted to introduce characters and motifs and these ideas that would come about here and there throughout our careers through this world.”
The band built off ideas examined on The Battle at Garden’s Gate within Starcatcher. “When I imagine the world of Starcatcher, I think of the cosmos,” Sam Kiszka added. “It makes me ask a lot of questions, like ‘Where did we come from?’ or ‘What are we doing here?’ But it’s also questions like, ‘What is this consciousness that we have, and where did it come from?’”
GVF shared the following about lead single “Meeting The Master,” stating:
“‘Meeting The Master’ peers into an esoteric world heeded by the word of a wise teacher. Sung in the voice of a devout believer, and eventual group exclamation, the song details the love these fervent followers have for their teacher and their firm belief in his vision. It’s an exotic spiritual journey. A dark comedy that inevitably ends in chaos.”
The song develops from a beautiful acoustic-tinged number into a bombastic rocker. Check out “Meeting The Master” below:
Starcatcher Tracklist
- Fate Of The Faithful
- Waited All Your Life
- The Falling Sky
- Sacred The Thread
- Runway Blues
- The Indigo Streak
- Frozen Light
- The Archer
- Meeting The Master
- Farewell For Now
