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Old 10-23-2018, 10:16 AM   #1710
troutman
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I have not heard this and have no opinion, but wow, Pitchfork savaged it. 1.6 out of 10. (funny if you like negative reviews - I can't say if it fair):


https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums...4SJc833MxYBDSY

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Brothers Jake and Sam Kiszka, on guitar and bass, are both wearing hippie costumes they 3D-printed off the internet. The singer, the wretched and caterwauling third brother, Josh, is in dangly feather earrings and vinyl pants, like he was dressed by a problematic Santa Fe palm-reader with a gift certificate to Chico’s. It’s a costume—Greta Van Fleet is all costume. And if things that look like another thing is your thing, get ready to throw your lighters up for a band whose guiding principle seems to be reading the worst Grand Funk Railroad songs as if they were a religious text.
Other reviews are mixed:

https://www.metacritic.com/music/ant...reta-van-fleet

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They inhabit a world they never experienced, namely the '70s. Jake may be the weak link, but he merely reveals how the whole band seem to have learned their moves from watching late-night concerts on Palladium while buying pre-worn vintage-styled T's at Urban Outfitters. For the band and audience alike, Greta Van Fleet is nothing more than cosplay of the highest order.
- All Music

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