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Your Rating: 8.9

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2023
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Starcatcher by Greta Van Fleet sounds like a raw, cosmic, and heavily psyched-out descent into primal blues-rock, stripped of sleek studio gloss in favor of live, lightning-in-a-bottle energy. Recorded in the legendary RCA Studio A, the album immerses itself in fuzzy, tape-saturated guitar textures, cavernous drum room acoustics, and mystical, folklore-driven storytelling. Jake Kiszka’s guitar work feels more aggressive and unvarnished than ever, churning out heavily overdriven, hypnotic riffs ("Meeting the Master") and blistering, wah-drenched solos ("The Falling Sky") that swirl through atmospheric echo. Josh Kiszka’s vocals pierce through the psychedelic haze with otherworldly, siren-like intensity, floating over Sam Kiszka’s heavy organ tones and Danny Wagner’s thunderous, uncompressed drum grooves. The record feels like a mystical, late-night ceremony under the stars—a raw, smoke-filled garage jam stretched into a cosmic rock fantasy.