MIRADOR RELEASE SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM & TOUR

MIRADOR, the band co-founded by GRAMMY® Award-winning Greta Van Fleet co-founder Jake Kiszka and Ida Mae’s Chris Turpin, release their debut self-titled album MIRADORvia Republic Records. “MIRADOR comes from a 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. MIRADOR definitely inhabits a 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 a new mythology. As soon as we were in uncharted territory, we knew we were doing something right.” MIRADOR is available on all formats here.

The band today share the music video for “Must I Go Bound” directed by Gus Black, Jake Kiszka, and Chris Turpin and which was shot in Turpin’s hometown of Bath. The band share about the new song:

“Must I Go Bound” is a song that draws inspiration from the worn pages of an old ballad book, reimagined, remembered, and retold through the lens of Mirador. It is a folkloric journey steeped in symbolism, with the protagonist lamenting a lost love.

All of us wander the crossroads of our own making, tracing the paths not taken and imagining what could have been. We hope this song reminds people of that universal experience – that from despair comes hope, and from desertion comes redemption.

Recorded live in Dave Cobb’s intimate studio on the windswept shores of Savannah, Georgia, we stripped our sound back to its essence, using parlour guitars to evoke the timeless connection between European folk traditions and American roots music.

We wanted our voices to find each other’s in a song that felt like it could have been written a thousand years ago – a testament to the enduring power of love and loss.

Watch the music for “Must I Go Bound” here.

The band is currently on tour and recently expanded their headlining tour to 31-dates due to popular demand. Tickets for all initial dates sold out immediately upon going on sale, and a second run of fall dates in larger venues were added in Nashville, NYC, and LA, and new dates have been announced in New Orleans, Boston, Austin, Portland and more (full dates below). Linka Moja will open all dates on this tour. Tickets for all dates are on sale here.

MIRADOR has the uncanny ability to conjure sky-shaking and boundary-bursting rock ‘n’ roll by invoking spirits of ancient myth, traditional folklore, and Delta-born blues in one concentrated musical incantation. Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka not only shares vocal and guitar duties with critically acclaimed co-vocalist and guitarist Chris Turpin of Ida Mae, but he also shines as a producer and songwriter, stepping out on his own. The group, filled out by Mikey Sorbello on drums and Nick Pini on bass & 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 Theatre in Detroit, MI. On the road, Kiszka and Turpin cemented their friendship by way of late-night jam sessions fueled by wine and a shared passion for everyone from Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, and Lightnin’ Hopkins to Martin Carthy, Bert Jansch, and Fairport Convention. “We were like long lost brothers,” says Kiszka. “After we wrote those songs, I realized we had a chemistry I’d never had with anybody but my own brothers. It was obvious we needed to do this.” The world got to know MIRADOR when they spent a month opening up Greta Van Fleet’s Starcatcher World Tour in arenas coast-to-coast throughout 2024. Galvanized by this nightly trial-by-fire, the band rolled right into a Savannah, GA 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 a 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” introduces 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” launches forward on a rapid-fire drum roll, while wild riffs chase goosebump-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 when you see a movie at the cinema,” Kiszka concludes. “We’re trying to immerse people in the world of MIRADOR 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 very important record for us, but also in terms of what has gone down in the world of rock ‘n’ roll today. We hope you feel like you belong to this place as much as we do.”

MIRADOR Tour Dates
Sept 19 – New York, NY – Webster Hall*
Sept 20 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA*
Sept 22 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre*
Sept 23 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West*
Sept 24 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s*
Sept 26 – Oklahoma City, OK – Beer City Music Hall*
Sept 27 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater*
Sept 28 – Austin, TX – Mohawk*
Oct 1 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren*
Oct 2 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre*
Oct 3 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park*
Oct 4 – San Francisco- August Hall*
Oct 6 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom*
Oct 7 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox*
Oct 8 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre*
Oct 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell*
Oct 11 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre*
Oct 13 – Lawrence, KS – The Granada*
Oct 14 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl*
Nov 3 – Amsterdam – Tolhuistuin
Nov 4 – Berlin – Lido
Nov 5 – Cologne – Luxor
Nov 7 – Paris – Bataclan
Nov 9 – Bristol UK – Trinity Centre
Nov 10 – Manchester UK – Gorilla
Nov 11 – London UK – Islington Assembly Hall
Nov 14 – Birmingham UK – O2 Academy 2
Nov 15 – Glasgow UK – SWG3 Glasgow
Nov 16 – Dublin – Opium Rooms
*With Linka Moja

About MIRADOR:
MIRADOR conjure sky-shaking and boundary-bursting rock ‘n’ roll by invoking spirits of ancient myth, traditional folklore, and Delta-born blues in one concentrated musical incantation. In the band, 21st century guitar hero, innovator, songwriter, and GRAMMY® Award-winning Greta Van Fleet co-founder Jake Kiszka not only shares vocal and guitar duties with critically acclaimed co-vocalist and guitarist Chris Turpin of Ida Mae, but he also shines as songwriter, stepping out on his own. Working and songwriting in tandem with Jake and curating this vision side-by-side, Chris has emerged as a perfect creative partner, adding yet another dimension to MIRADOR. Fiercely resolute in an unapologetic commitment to bucking any and all rules, the group stretches the limits of rock ‘n’ roll blasted out of the stratosphere by a thunderous vocal call-and-response, fret-burning six-string sorcery, and evocative lyrics.

About Republic Records
A division of Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company, Republic Records has been recognized by Billboard as the industry’s #1 label over the last decade. It is home to an all-star roster of multi-platinum, award-winning legends such as Anitta, Ariana Grande, Billy Porter, Conan Gray, Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Caesar, Eddie Vedder, Florence + the Machine, Glass Animals, Jelly Roll, Jimmy Fallon, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Jonas Brothers, Kid Cudi, Kim Petras, Lorde, Miranda Lambert, Nicki Minaj, Pearl Jam, Shania Twain, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and more. Founded by brothers and chief executives Monte and Avery Lipman, it is also comprised of innovative business ventures with chart topping artists and partners including American Recordings (Marcus King), Boominati Worldwide (Metro Boomin), Brushfire (Jack Johnson), Casablanca Records (Nelly Furtado, Martin Garrix), Cash Money (Birdman, Jacquees), HYBE (TXT), JYP Entertainment (Stray Kids, TWICE), Lava Records (Greta Van Fleet), Mavin Records (Ayra Starr), OVO (Drake), XO (The Weeknd), Young Money (Lil Wayne), among others. Additionally, Republic recently launched Federal Films, the film and TV division that aims to bring compelling stories to audiences around the world, as well as Republic Records: Kids & Family, the official children’s division of Republic Records.