Black Smoke Rising
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April 21, 2017 |
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4th |
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16 min 31 s |
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Al Sutton & Marlon Young |
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Rustbelt Studios, Royal Oak |
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Black Smoke Rising is the second EP of American classic rock - band Greta Van Fleet . The EP was released on April 21, 2017 via Lava Records .
Emergence
The EP was recorded within three days at Rustbelt Studios in Royal Oak , Michigan . The song Highway Tune is the first song the band has ever written. Safari Song is also from the early days of the band. The song Flower Power was written in 2014, while the theme song was created in the studio. Was produced Black Smoke Rising from Al Sutton & Marlon Young. The EP cover was designed by Josh and Jake Kiszka. For the song Highway Tune one was music video filmed in an abandoned warehouse.
The four tracks from the EP Black Smoke Rising can also be found on the EP From the Fires, which was released later that year . Originally, Black Smoke Rising was supposed to be the first of three EPs that would make a complete album. However, these plans did not materialize and completely new songs were used on the debut album Anthem of the Peaceful Army , released in 2018 .
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The Safari song is loud Josh Kiszka an ode to love the musicians for blues -music. The lyrics would have been written in a narrative style, since the lyrics "would have been written this way for many of the best blues songs". The title comes from the fact that while listening to the music, singer Josh Kiszka thought of a “mixture of jungle music and blues” and this reminded him of a safari . The theme song Black Smoke Rising deals with the fact that people don't always learn from mistakes in history. According to Josh Kiszka, wars, tyrants of yesteryear, and innocent victims raise the question of what these things mean.
reception
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Ted Snyder of the online magazine The Fuze Magazine wrote that "memorable riffs and fantastic vocals would blend perfectly with bluesy backbeat ". Greta Van Fleet would "bring back the sexy sounds of the hard-rocking blues" that were long "overdue". Tom Twardzik of the online magazine Pop Dust, on the other hand, wrote that Greta Van Fleet "could easily be confused with Robert Plant's last side project". Until the last track, the band “couldn't get out of the shadow of their influences”.
The EP entered the US album charts at number 182 . As of February 23, 2018, 70,000 units of the EP had been sold in the US alone, of which 47,000 were traditional EP purchases. The songs Highway Tune and Safari Song each reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart.
At the Grammy Awards 2019 the song Black Smoke Rising was nominated in the category Best Rock Song and the song Highway Tune in the category Best Rock Performance . However, the prizes went to St. Vincent and Chris Cornell, respectively . The song Safari Song was nominated for the Rock Song of the Year category at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chad Childers: Greta Van Fleet, 'Highway Tune' - Exclusive Video Premiere. Loudwire, accessed October 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Greta Van Fleet's “Safari Song” # 2 Most Added at Rock Radio. I'm Music Magazine, accessed October 7, 2018 .
- ^ Greg M. Schwartz: Greta Van Fleet Rocks the Masonic to Recruit for Their Peaceful Army. Pop Matters, accessed October 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Chart tracking: US - CA - DE
- ↑ Ted Snyder: Greta Van Fleet - Album Review - Black Smoke Rising. The Fuze Magazine, accessed October 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Tom Twardzik: Greta Van Fleet can't escape the shadow of their influences on debut EP 'Black Smoke Rising'. Pop Dust, accessed October 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Kevin Rutherford: Greta Van Fleet Lands Second Straight Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1 with 'Safari Song'. Billboard , accessed October 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Joe Divita: GHOST, GRETA VAN FLEET + MORE NOMINATED FOR 61ST ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS. Loudwire, accessed December 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Taylor Fields: 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards: See The Full List of Nominees. iHeartRadio , accessed January 10, 2019 .
Web links
- Black Smoke Rising at Allmusic (English)