REVIEW: "Gigaton: A hopeful album for angry times"
Full review: https://www.guerrillacandy.com/2020/03/09/gigaton-pearl-jam-review/
"Global warming. School shootings. An administration that came to rise with the help of fearmongering and fake news. These are all ingredients for a potentially angry Pearl Jam album. And while it’d be very easy for Eddie Vedder and the rest of Pearl Jam to come out fired up with guns blazing, especially during an election year, that’s not exactly what “Gigaton” delivers.
"Global warming. School shootings. An administration that came to rise with the help of fearmongering and fake news. These are all ingredients for a potentially angry Pearl Jam album. And while it’d be very easy for Eddie Vedder and the rest of Pearl Jam to come out fired up with guns blazing, especially during an election year, that’s not exactly what “Gigaton” delivers.
Yes, the band’s anger is present but that’s not the main takeaway on “Gigaton.” Despite all the anger and frustrations, “Gigaton” is a hopeful album. Themes of despair, grief and impending global doom are present, but the band never sounds defeated and isn’t throwing in the towel. In fact, it’s evident they’re intent on doing quite the opposite.
Throughout the record’s 12 tracks the group sounds optimistic, invigorated and ready to fight the good fight. While the current state of global affairs may make it feel like we are all stacking deck chairs on the Titanic, “Gigaton” makes it clear the band plans to fight like hell keep us all afloat and maybe even right the ship."
"Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense"
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