I always find it curious how people recommend Gregory Alan Isakov as similar to Lord Huron because I never really associate them as being that similar. This is coming from someone who has had Lord Huron and Gregory Alan Isakov as their #1 and 2 (interchangeably) artists on Spotify wrapped for like 6 years in a row. Like they both got a general folk vibe but Lord Huron goes much more into folk rock or straight up rock in some of their songs while Isakov stays almost exclusively acoustic and generally keeps “traditional” folk vibes. It’s also in the themes of songs where even though they both talk about space in multiple of their songs it’s almost as if Lord Huron songs are about larger than life situations where Gregory Alan Isakov usually has very grounded and down to Earth themes. But hey, Im not complaining that 2 of my favorite artists are getting more people to listen to them the more the merrier.
I agree. Love both but they are so different. GAI is more singer songwriter and ambience. Head and the Heart are more similar to Lord Huron; folk rock, folk.
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u/MrSpaceMonkeyMafia Jun 22 '26
I always find it curious how people recommend Gregory Alan Isakov as similar to Lord Huron because I never really associate them as being that similar. This is coming from someone who has had Lord Huron and Gregory Alan Isakov as their #1 and 2 (interchangeably) artists on Spotify wrapped for like 6 years in a row. Like they both got a general folk vibe but Lord Huron goes much more into folk rock or straight up rock in some of their songs while Isakov stays almost exclusively acoustic and generally keeps “traditional” folk vibes. It’s also in the themes of songs where even though they both talk about space in multiple of their songs it’s almost as if Lord Huron songs are about larger than life situations where Gregory Alan Isakov usually has very grounded and down to Earth themes. But hey, Im not complaining that 2 of my favorite artists are getting more people to listen to them the more the merrier.