Exclusive PJ listening party West Hollywood 1.31.24 - Confirmed DARK MATTER and wish I was there

Spiritual_Chaos

JT167846 said:

I'm a sucker for the big choruses eh. Maybe it's due to Ed's baritone in verses-his voice is so deep that the contrast when the band hits those soaring highs just hits me right in the feels. In Hiding, GTF, Amongst The Waves, the end of Retrograde...they show that the band has never lost the ability to write a great chorus after having set such a benchmark for the mid tempo stuff from Ten and the way they do it hits me like no other band. Pearl Jam choruses and Tool endings-haha there'd be a wicked combination.

And Neil Young guitar solos

josevolution

Ok so they hold a listening party nice! But why not reward us here with a single release so we can enjoy it too aren’t we all paying customers here? I know they will release one soon I guess but still 

lastexitlondon

All we got was an empty pssst. 

AO253126

BF25394 said:

AO253126 said:

Gern Blansten said:

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/pearl-jam-throws-listening-party-new-album-eddie-106852555?fbclid=IwAR1xjcP0Cee4pDnZF6SsiQyQ6_jtHARQKUmyvX2yMzHSSHFmSBUFn-A6hoU

“We made this record like a year ago," Ament told the audience. “We’ve been sitting on it.”

“Gigaton” surprised many fans and critics with how hard-rocking it was. The new one goes even harder. It's almost athletic in its speed, aggression, and tenacity, sounding like it would make men of their age sore in the aftermath.

While Vedder remains the face and voice of the band, the star of this album is drummer Matt Cameron, who joined the Jam in 1998 after starting out with Soundgarden.

His relentless pounding opens many of the 11 tracks, and drowns out his bandmates' playing and Vedder's vocals at times.

“It's one of the greatest drum records we’ve ever made,” Vedders said to cheers from a crowd that included Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. “Matt Cameron is just playing out of his skull, especially seeing as how it’s our last record.”

There were a few things in that article that made me raise my eyebrows, but nothing more so than "the Jam". If people have been referring to them all these years as "the Jam" and I've been missing it, then shame on me!

Actually, the writer meant that Matt has been drumming for The Jam, the Paul Weller outfit, since 1998 even though they broke up in 1982.

Nice. So not only is he an awesome drummer, he's also a time traveler. No wonder he fits in so well.

pdalowsky

VINNY GOOMBA said:

Predaking said:

VINNY GOOMBA said:

My hope is that Dark Matter is to Pearl Jam what Death Magnetic is to Metallica. 

A poorly produced, ultra-compresses collection of above average songs? No one wants this.

Death Magnetic should have been soooo good. It was unlistenable.

I don't hear that album that way at all.  St. Anger was unlistenable.  That was poorly produced and horrible songs.  I like the sound of Death Magnetic, and really like the songs on there, and it was their best album in 17 years.  Hell, everyone loves And Justice For All and you can barely hear the bass on it.  Agree to disagree on this one.

St Anger doesnt exist.....or it shouldnt exist. Absolutely appalling considering the banks rich history and immense catalogue

nicknyr15

lastexitlondon said:

All we got was an empty pssst. 

Hopefully they throw us “normies” a bone soon. It’d be nice. 

tylermoore

lastexitlondon said:

All we got was an empty pssst. 

Yeah I don’t understand that. 

“Psssst you’re not important enough to get the invite but just know stuff is happening” 
I don’t really care, just odd 

kmcmanus

lastexitlondon said:

All we got was an empty pssst. 

Man you guys seem psst off.
i think the psst was well intentioned since there was some unofficial news going on, but it seems to have raised expectations in a way that isn’t getting paid off.  I know my expectation changed when I saw it.

Kwieneke

kmcmanus said:

lastexitlondon said:

All we got was an empty pssst. 

Man you guys seem psst off.
i think the psst was well intentioned since there was some unofficial news going on, but it seems to have raised expectations in a way that isn’t getting paid off.  I know my expectation changed when I saw it.

+1

pjl44

Lighten up 

Force Of Nature

Yup, was convinced we were getting a single on Wed

tylermoore

pjl44 said:

Lighten up 

No it’s called Dark Matter

JimmyV

On one hand, we can all chuckle at Santos's attempt at making a funny. On the other, it was a bit of a troll. No big deal either way. 

vedderman

So the listening event was for friends, family and press. Two days ago. There isn't any official publishing from any of the press representative about the actual event. 

VINNY GOOMBA

pdalowsky said:

VINNY GOOMBA said:

Predaking said:

VINNY GOOMBA said:

My hope is that Dark Matter is to Pearl Jam what Death Magnetic is to Metallica. 

A poorly produced, ultra-compresses collection of above average songs? No one wants this.

Death Magnetic should have been soooo good. It was unlistenable.

I don't hear that album that way at all.  St. Anger was unlistenable.  That was poorly produced and horrible songs.  I like the sound of Death Magnetic, and really like the songs on there, and it was their best album in 17 years.  Hell, everyone loves And Justice For All and you can barely hear the bass on it.  Agree to disagree on this one.

St Anger doesnt exist.....or it shouldnt exist. Absolutely appalling considering the banks rich history and immense catalogue

Yeah, I think Metallica even knows it themselves.  I don't think they play very many songs from that album, and when they do, it's sporadically.  I tried to give it a listen a few months ago to see if my opinion had changed of it, and I couldn't make it all the way through.  I think that album was good in that it forced that band to do an about face on a lot of what they were doing / going through, although the art was not.

I do respect them trying to do something different.  That's one of the reasons why Pearl Jam is my favorite band.  I was comparing them to all of the other huge Seattle bands and I really think that they are the most diverse in terms of their styles of songs.  They've gone heavy, they've gone mellow, they've gone eastern, they've dabbled in country, they've done pop and punk, they've done even done a little electronic with DotC.  They've taken a lot of risks and have delivered and that's a big part of what makes them awesome and stand out.

kmcmanus

vedderman said:

So the listening event was for friends, family and press. Two days ago. There isn't any official publishing from any of the press representative about the actual event. 

I mean there was an article in Spin.
most of the more substantial reporting is possibly embargoed until after the album is actually announced.

JojoRice

Best quality of all the leaks so far.....
https://m.facebook.com/groups/10cmembers/permalink/7001091430003344/?

Tim Simmons

Can you post. Don’t have facebook

SM187650

Tim Simmons said:

Can you post. Don’t have facebook

Same.

Gern Blansten

JojoRice said:

Best quality of all the leaks so far.....
https://m.facebook.com/groups/10cmembers/permalink/7001091430003344/?

wow....that's awesome