01 ANTHEM OF THE PEACEFUL ARMY GRETA VAN FLEET
(2018)
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Michigan-based band of (mostly) brothers were preparing to make their first full length studio album, Greta Van Fleet already had two celebrated EPs under their belt, and their singles Highway Tune and Safari Song had both perched atop Billboard’s Mainstream Rock charts in the USA.
Their rise had been meteoric, but had also attracted more than its fair share of burdensome remarks. One side of the music press hailed Greta Van Fleet as the next great saviours of rock’n’roll, while claims that the band were little more than a Led Zeppelin rip-off act bounced around like heckles hurled from the darkest corners of a crowded concert hall.
