Pearl Jam tracks from new album

Rabs · April 20

Theres a whole bunch just come up on their channel. Heres a few.
Pearl Jam - YouTube

mrkb · April 20

They're all on Spotify as the album was released yesterday

mikeyrob73 · April 22

listened to the album a few time now and i really like it

Dontgiveupyourdayjob · April 22

Yeah I've played it a few times this weekend and generally I like it. I think the songwriting is really strong - some of their best stuff in years IMO - but I'm not a big fan of the production style. Too heavily processed and too 'dense' and 'thick' sounding (not technical terms, but the best I can come up with to describe it!). On some tracks I think either/both the drums and the bass sound like they could be straight out of a synthesiser.

If you combined the more organic, sparse, rough around the edges production style of the likes of Vs or No Code with some of the songs on this album I think it would be superb. I reckon a lot of the tracks will work a lot better live rather than on the record.

mikeyrob73 · April 22

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

Yeah I've played it a few times this weekend and generally I like it. I think the songwriting is really strong - some of their best stuff in years IMO - but I'm not a big fan of the production style. Too heavily processed and too 'dense' and 'thick' sounding (not technical terms, but the best I can come up with to describe it!). On some tracks I think either/both the drums and the bass sound like they could be straight out of a synthesiser.

If you combined the more organic, sparse, rough around the edges production style of the likes of Vs or No Code with some of the songs on this album I think it would be superb. I reckon a lot of the tracks will work a lot better live rather than on the record.

agree @Dontgiveupyourdayjob i described it as " compressed" to someone the other day

couple of tracks ( Waiting for Stevie , Upperhand ) i cant wait to hear live

theatreanchor · April 22

Massively disappointed after the strength of Dark Matter.

Strat54 · April 25

Sounds like A.I PJ to me.

Teyeplayer · April 25

I’ve been listening to this on the drive in and out of work this week. It’s not bad, but it feels like an album of the Spotify age. It doesn’t feel like it has an identity. To my mind and ear, every PJ album so far is its own thing, it has an identity and sound -whereas this meanders between the last 5 albums.

LPManic · April 25

Lovely guys and all that but one of the most overrated bands ever.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob · April 26

As I thought might be the case, the songs sound better live compared to the over-produced studio versions...

theatreanchor · April 26

Anyone else use Apple Music? The mastering was weird when I listened - and some tracks were far louder than others.

mikeyrob73 · June 10

listened to this quite a few times now
now i am a massive PJ Fan but just find the whole album a bit Meh
i dont know if its Andrew Watts production ( its very similiar to the Vedder solo album which he also produced) but i reckon it will sound a lot better live

Dontgiveupyourdayjob · June 10

I've seen a few YouTube videos of the North American leg of their tour and the shows look great - everyone in great form.

I've finally managed to wangle the day off work to go to the gig in Manchester in a couple of weeks. Anyone else going to see them when they're over here?

mrkb · June 10

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

I've finally managed to wangle the day off work to go to the gig in Manchester in a couple of weeks. Anyone else going to see them when they're over here?

Yep, taking my son on his 19th birthday to Tittenham Stadium. Haven’t seen them before so will be happy just to hear them live.

mikeyrob73 · 8:07AM

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

I've seen a few YouTube videos of the North American leg of their tour and the shows look great - everyone in great form.

I've finally managed to wangle the day off work to go to the gig in Manchester in a couple of weeks. Anyone else going to see them when they're over here?

yip im at the Manchester gig

Dontgiveupyourdayjob · 9:00AM

mikeyrob73 said:

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

I've seen a few YouTube videos of the North American leg of their tour and the shows look great - everyone in great form.

I've finally managed to wangle the day off work to go to the gig in Manchester in a couple of weeks. Anyone else going to see them when they're over here?

yip im at the Manchester gig

You seated or standing? I haven't got tickets yet, but having seen pics of the inside of the arena it looks so enormous you'll need binoculars to see anything from the upper tiers of seats!

Do you know if the standing area is separated into a front and back area, or is everyone just in together?

mikeyrob73 · 9:30AM

@Dontgiveupyourdayjob ;

i have honestly no idea, its a new venue on for me

im seated lower tier

Alterlifeson · 11:30AM

Like the album 10x better than Gigaton. Going to London at the end of the month which should be great. I've seen them 10+ times before but never in a stadium setting.

I see they have upped their production and now have a screen behind the band for the first time ever! On previous tours you could sit behind the band. They'd often turn around and play a track facing backwards for the people sat there. It's is a very different concert experience seeing the backs of their heads but very fun. The stripped down minimalist production really suited them previously so it'll be interesting to compare.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob · 11:34AM

Alterlifeson said:

Like the album 10x better than Gigaton. Going to London at the end of the month which should be great. I've seen them 10+ times before but never in a stadium setting.

I see they have upped their production and now have a screen behind the band for the first time ever! On previous tours you could sit behind the band. They'd often turn around and play a track facing backwards for the people sat there. It's is a very different concert experience seeing the backs of their heads but very fun. The stripped down minimalist production really suited them previously so it'll be interesting to compare.

Some of the pics and videos I've seen look pretty spectacular, like they've taken some tips from the U2 Sphere gigs!

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