The Battle at Garden's Gate

The Battle at Garden's Gate

by Greta Van Fleet
The Battle at Garden's Gate

The Battle at Garden's Gate

by Greta Van Fleet

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Overview

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. Kurstin manages to conjure the expansive vistas that were so common in 1974, letting the band puff up their pomp and ramble on. As texture is Greta Van Fleet's main gift, this is for the best: the extra length gives the impression that the group is in control of their fantasy. This spell works best when guitarist Jake Kiszka, bassist Sam Kiszka, and drummer Danny Wagner labor to conjure the ghost of Houses of the Holy, paying rapt attention to the slight shifts in light and shade. The spell is punctured whenever Josh Kiszka stumbles in to caterwaul his tales of barbarians and nations. More Geddy Lee than Robert Plant, Josh Kiszka commands attention then alienates; his wail is the weak link in a group who is getting better at their period-accurate cosplay. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 04/16/2021
Label: Emi / Lava Records / Republic
UPC: 0602435623849
Rank: 3327

Tracks

  1. Heat Above
  2. My Way Soon
  3. Broken Bells
  4. Built by Nations
  5. Age of Machine
  6. Tears of Rain
  7. Stardust Chords
  8. Light My Love
  9. Caravel
  10. The Barbarians
  11. Trip the Light Fantastic
  12. The Weight of Dreams

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Greta Van Fleet   Primary Artist
Charlie Bisharat   Violin
Songa Lee   Violin
Daniel Waegner   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Jacob Braun   Cello
Jacob Thomas Kiszka   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Joshua Michael Kiszka   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Samuel Francis Kiszka   Bass,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Alma Fernandez   Viola

Technical Credits

Peter Luretig   Assistant Engineer
Greg Kurstin   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Alex Pasco   Engineer
Jason Flom   A&R
Matt Tuggle   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Daniel Waegner   Composer
Julian Burg   Engineer
Jacob Thomas Kiszka   Composer
Joshua Michael Kiszka   Composer
Samuel Francis Kiszka   Composer
Matt Wolach   Mixing Assistant
Brian Rajaratnam   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Mark "Spike" Stent   Mixing
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