Greta Van Fleet, The Family Business
The Sylvee 25 S. Livingston St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Travis Shinn
Greta Van Fleet - 2018
Greta Van Fleet (left to right): Danny Wagner, Jake Kiszka, Josh Kiszka, Sam Kiszka.
Greta Van Fleet is not another indie-pop songbird, thank God. Rather, it’s an upstart American blues-rock band from Michigan made up of three brothers and a drummer who are heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin and among the first artists to sell out The Sylvee. Say you saw them before they made the big time. Fans will have another chance in 2019, as the band will play Breese Stevens Field on June 4. With the Family Business.
press release: Greta Van Fleet - Jake Kiszka/guitars, Sam Kiszka/bass & keys, Josh Kiszka/vocals, and Danny Wagner/drums - is very proud to announce the upcoming release of the band’s debut album, Anthem of The Peaceful Army, October 19 on Lava/Republic Records.
Collectively written by all four band members, the ten original songs explore a variety of topics that include fresh starts, love, integrity, innocence, adventure, diversity and peace, the life cycle and its inherent responsibilities, courage, masked deceptions, revolution, and truth. Blending rock, soul and blues, Jake’s blazing guitar riffs, Josh’s soaring, powerful vocals, Danny’s thunderous drums, and Sam’s swaggering baselines and keys create a menagerie of musical elements throughout.
Anthem of the Peaceful Army was produced by Marlon Young, Al Sutton and Herschel Boone (The Rust Brothers) and recorded earlier this year at Blackbird Studios in Nashville and Rustbelt Studios in Royal Oak, Michigan.
With the band's new single "When The Curtain Falls" already Top 10 at Rock Radio and nearly eight-million streams to its credit, Greta Van Fleet presents the companion music video, a performance piece that finds the band in an esoteric foreign landscape filled with mystical symbolism, celestial events and otherworldly psychedelia. Filmed in Southern California, the video was conceived and directed by acclaimed visual effects artist Benjamin Kutsko ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Iron Man".
"When the Curtain Falls" by Greta Van Fleet
Music fans were first introduced to Greta Van Fleet in March 2017 with the release of the band’s debut single “Highway Tune” that held the #1 position on U.S. Rock Radio Charts for five consecutive weeks and on Canada’s Active Rock Radio Charts for nine straight weeks. For Greta Van Fleet, 2017 went on to be a wild ride of sold-out concerts in North America and Europe, glowing press, accolades from a slew of fellow artists from Elton John to Nikki Sixx to Justin Bieber, millions of YouTube video plays and Spotify streams, two #1 EPs, and most importantly, the genesis of an extraordinary connection with their fans.