Starcatcher:Clear Vinyl LP

Starcatcher's production-helmed by Grammy winner Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell) is more stripped-down than that of 'The Battle at Garden's Gate', allowing the instrumentation to shine. Take the album's haunting, elegiac first single, 'Meeting the Master,' which at first pairs rich, wistful acoustic guitars with Josh's yearning vocals, before blooming into a classic Greta Van Fleet rock 'n' roll anthem with a majestic guitar solo and pummeling drums. Starcatcher is the sound of four musicians amplifying one another's strengths, across snarling, barnstorming rock ('The Falling Sky'), meditative, gnarled hard rock ('Sacred the Thread'), acoustic-driven pastoral folk-rock ('Farewell for Now'), and stinging psychedelic rock ('The Indigo Streak'). Occasional organ or keyboard flourishes pop out of the mix, adding texture and melodrama.