ViewpointThe New Band Co-Founded By Grammy Award-Winning Greta van Fleet co-fount Jake Kiszka and Ida Mae‘s Chris TurpinWill release its self -titled debut album on seployer 19 via Republic Records.
“Viewpoint You come from Deep Passion for Rock ‘N’ Roll, Early Folk, and Country Blues as Well As Folklore, “Says Turpin. “Our World Lives in Those Traditions,” Kiszka ADDS. “There’s an Unspoken Mysticism. You Can Trace It Back To The Stories of Meeting The Devil At The Crossroads, Selling Your Soul, and Losing Your Mind to The Wind. Viewpoint Definitely Inhabits to Lot of That. We’re Hyper Aware of Our Lineage, SO WE CAN BUILD OUR OWN FUTURE AS A BAND. It’s two guitar players from notable Groups Coming Together to create New Mythology. As So We were in Uncharted Territory, We Knew We Were Doing Subject Right. “
Viewpoint you have also shared single, “Feels Like Gold”The First Song the Band has every release. The Band Comments On The Track: “‘Feels Like Gold’ Is Set Against The Backdrop of Conquest and Imperialism, in an was Marked by Global Friction and War. The Song Weaves Together Themes of Cultural Collision, The Relay Pursuit of Riches, and the complexities of history. Yet, Amidst The Darkness of War and Dogged Determination for Expansion, It Offers a Message of Hope for a Unified World and an Understanding Beyond Violence. “
Viewpoint Will Engck On A European Tour in November, With Shows In Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London, Dublin and More. They have also added to San Francisco Date on October 4. Tickets for these newly announced concerts Will Go on Sale here on Friday, August 1 at 10 am local.
Viewpoint Recently Expanded Is Headling Tour To 31 Dates Due to Popular Demand. Tickets for All Initial Dates Sold Out Immedialy Upon Going On Sale, and A Second Run of Fall Dates In Larger Venues were Added in Nashville, New York City and Los Angeles, and New Dates Have Been Announned in New Orleans, Boston, Austin, Portland and More.
Viewpoint You have the UNCANNY ABILITY TO CONJURE SKY-SHAKING AND BOUNDARY-BURSTING ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BY INVOKING SPIRITS OF ANCIENT MYTH, BUILDING FOLKLORE, AND DELTA-BORN BLUES IN ONE CONCENTRATED MUSICAL INCONTITION. Kiszka Not only Shares Vocal and Guitar Duties with Critically Acclaimed Co-Vocalist and Guitarist TurpinBut He Also Shines As to produce and Songwriter, Stepping out on His Own. The Group, Filled out by Mikey Sorbello On Drums and Nick Pini On Bass and Keys, Stretches the Limits of Rock ‘N’ Roll and Showcases The Band’s Myriad Influences and Uncompromising Vision.
Kiszka and Turpin Met in 2018 when Ida Mae Opened for Greta van Fleet During A Sold-Out Three-Night Stand at The Fox Theater In Detroit, Michigan. On the road, Kiszka and Turpin Cemeled The Friendship By Way of Late-Night Jam Sessions were Charley Patton, Muddy Waters and Lightnin ‘Hopkins to Martin Carthy, Bert Jansch and Fairport Convention.
“We were like long-tolast brothers,” Says Kiszka. “After We Wrote Those Songs, I realized we had a chemistry i’d den Had with Anybody But My Own Brothers. It was obvious we needed to do This.”
The World Got To Know Viewpoint when they spent a month opening up Greta van Fleet‘s “Starcatcher” World Tour in Arenas Coast To Coast Throupp 2024. Galvanized by this Nightly Trial By Fire, The Band Rolled Right into a Savannah, Georgia Studio With Grammy Award-Winning producer Dave Cobb (Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton) and they cut “Mirador” Live in Barely Two Weeks.
“After Four Weeks on Our First Tour, We Went To The Studio,” Says Turpin. “By the Time We Got There, Dave Harnessed to Lot of the Intensity and Frenetic Energy from the Road. ” Kiszka Adds, “If we didn’t cut Our Teeth in the Most Intense Circumstances, I Don’t Think The Record Would Have The Same Spirit.”
“Feels Like Gold” You introduce The Album With Rumbling Guitars Breaking Like A Wave Against A It’s Towering Chorus, “And It Feels Like Gold.” ON “Fortune’s Fate” A Turbulent Guitar Groove Tosses and Turns Before Spilling Over Into an Emotional Crescendo, “There Goes My Shadow To The One I Love.” Elsewhere, “Heels of the Hunt” FORWARD ON A RAPID-FIRE DRUM ROLL, WHILE Wild Riffs Chasebump-Inducing Vocals Through A Bluesy Haze. The Finale “Skyway Drifter” Opens with Finger-Picked Accents Before Breaking Open into a Cathartic Breakdown.
“For Me, It Would Be Beautiful If This is All-Consuming for Listeners-Like Ken You See A Movie At The Cinema,” Kiszka CONCLUDES. “We’re trying to immerse people in the world of Viewpoint and WHERE WE’RE COMING FROM. There’s so much duality in the album: The Humanity, The Soul, The Adventure, The Tyranny, and the Journey. It’s a Vary Important Record for Us, but also in therms of what has gone Down in the World of Rock ‘N’ Roll Today. We Hope You Feel Like You Belong To this pleace As We do. “
Viewpoint Tour Dates:
Sep. 12 – Chicago. IL – The Metro
Sep. 13 – Madison, Wi – Majestic Theater
Sep. 14 – Grand Rapids, Mi – Elevation
Sep. 16 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
Sep. 18 – Boston, Ma – Paradise Rock Club
Sep. 19 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
Sep. 20 – Philadelphia, Pa – tla
Sep. 22 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater
Sep. 23 – Atlanta, Ga – Terminal West
Sep. 24 – New Orleans, The – Tipitina’s
Sep. 26 – Oklahoma City, OK – Beer City Music Hall
Sep. 27 – Dallas, Tx – Granada Theater
Sep. 28 – Austin, Tx – Mohawk
Oct. 01 – Phoenix, Az – The van Buren
Oct. 02 – Los Angeles, Ca – The Fonda Theater
Oct. 03 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
Oct. 04- San Francisco, Ca – August Hall
Oct. 06 – Portland, or – Wonder Ballroom
Oct. 07 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
Oct. 08 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theater
Oct. 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
Oct. 11 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theater
Oct. 13 – Lawrence, Ks – The Granada
Oct. 14 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
Nov. 03 – Amsterdam, NL – Tolhuituin
Nov. 04 – Berlin, from – Lido
Nov. 05 – Cologne, of – Luxor
Nov. 07 – Paris, FR – Bataclan
Nov. 09 – Bristol, UK – Trinity
Nov. 10 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
Nov. 11 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
Nov. 14 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy 2
Nov. 15 – Glasgow, UK – SWG3 Warehouse
Nov. 16 – Dublin, IE – Opium Rooms
Photo Credit: Dean Chalkley