Greta Van Fleet aren't splitting up: "We're back, baby!". A new track arrives

After months of silence and a social media post that had fueled doubts about the band's future, hinting at a possible breakup, Greta Van Fleet are back in the public eye, dispelling rumors of a split.

The band's last live appearance, including a show in Italy, dates back to the tour for “Starcatcher“, their third studio album, released in 2023, which reached the top 10 in several countries during 2024. In Italy, the band had played in the summer of that year in Piazza Sordello, in Mantua, while the tour's final show took place in September at the Soundside Music Festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Since then there has been little news, until an ambiguous message appeared online that led some fans to fear an imminent breakup. That theory was quickly dismissed by the musicians themselves with a curt: “We’re back, baby!”.

 

 

 

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The message accompanies a short clip filmed in a recording studio, where the Michigan band appears to be at work on unreleased material. A concrete clue suggesting the start of a new creative phase, one that seems to hint at further developments on the recording front.

Following “Farewell For Now”, the last officially released track, the band members had turned to side projects: Jake Kiszka with Mirador, while Sam Kiszka and Danny Wagner collaborated with Langhorne Slim.

At the moment there are no official announcements regarding a new album or a tour, but the return to the studio suggests that the Greta Van Fleet machine is up and running again.

Despite their undeniable technical prowess, evident above all in their live shows, on “Starcatcher” Greta Van Fleet remain firmly anchored to their hard-rock and prog roots, occasionally tinged with psychedelia and blues: a deeper elaboration and personalization of these influences, along with a few more forceful passages, could have earned them the marks needed to comfortably clear the bar of a passing grade. What we do notice, however, is a slight growth in songwriting quality and subject matter. The ideal follow-up to “The Battle At Garden’s Gate”, the album brings the American quartet a step closer to what could be the decisive turning point for their future.

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