sweet
thanks
sound like the songs are written and now its Brendan time
hopefully it will be done in time for a fall US tour (eh hem closing the spectrum perhaps!!!!!)
This is awesome, awesome news. Thank you much for posting. I'm glad we're finally starting to hear album news from the band members themselves. I just wish the release was not as far away as Fall 09! But I'm willing to wait for a quality album, no doubt about that.
This is awesome, awesome news. Thank you much for posting. I'm glad we're finally starting to hear album news from the band members themselves. I just wish the release was not as far away as Fall 09! But I'm willing to wait for a quality album, no doubt about that.
the cool thing is that we'll have the re-issues & maybe a tour to hold us over until they release "Untitled". this is going to be a good year!!
In Seattle with the band as it preps short, fast tunes
By Brian Hiatt
In their Seattle rehearsal space, beneath a portrait of Pete Townshend and a giant Ramones banner, Pearl Jam have been hard at work on songs for their ninth studio album — which they plan to release on their own in the U.S., without a label. The band will soon begin recording with producer Brendan O’Brien and hopes to release the still-untitled disc by the fall. “The new record feels good so far — really strong and uptempo, stuff we can sink our teeth into,” says Eddie Vedder, who has seen his songwriting shift direction since the election. “I’ve tried, over the years, to be hopeful in the lyrics, and I think that’s going to be easier now.”
Pearl Jam (who are also releasing a deluxe reissue of their 1991 debut, Ten, on March 24th) have been working toward a self released album since 2002, when they wrapped up their contract with Epic Records and became free agents. For their last release, 2006’s Pearl Jam, they struck a one-off distribution deal with J Records, but this time the band will handle everything themselves in the States. “We’ll make deals with a number of partners - retail, online and probably mobile, too,” says Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis, adding that the group will sell digital and physical versions of the album on its own Website. “The cool thing is, as the record companies are kind of dying, the opportunities are growing.”
Judging from early demos, Pearl Jam are carrying through with the punchy, melodic energy of their last album. One song, a garage-y composition by Vedder, repeats the lyric “see my friends” over Stooges-meet-the- Who power chords and loose, Johnny Thunders-inspired lead guitar from Mike McCready. Another tune, penned by drummer Malt Cameron, is a bigger surprise: It’s sleek power pop, with a Stones-y intro riff leading into a tight, chiming verse and a catchy vocal melody that wouldn’t be out of place on a Kings of Leon record. “That could have been a seven-minute, weird, sideways kind of artsy song with a cool groove,” Vedder says. “I tinkered with it after everyone left, and we shrunk it down and turned it into something else... I’m thinking about set lists: ‘Will this be a song we’ll play every night?’”
Last year, everyone but Vedder gathered in bassist Jeff Ament’s Montana house for a songwriting retreat. “It’s the first time since the first record that we’ve really rehearsed,” says Ament, “instead of just going to the studio with a handful of ideas."
While Vedder seems most excited by the idea of short, fast
songs - citing Guided by Voices as an inspiration - his bandmates emphasize other parts of the record. “There’s plenty of ballads, too,” says guitarist Stone Gossard. “And there’s some shifts in how Jeff and Matt and I are all relating — I think this record’s got a chance to sound significantly different.” Adds Ament, “There’s a couple of great things that Ed brought in that could be real departures for us. Whatever wave Ed caught with [his soundtack for] Into the Wild has taken him to different places.”
The new album is Pearl Jam’s first with Brendan O’Brien since 1998’s Yield, and they’re excited to be reuniting with their friend — who spent the past decade working with artists from Bruce Springsteen to AC/DC. “At this point, I think we’re willing to let somebody cut the songs up a little bit,” says Vedder. “In the past, Brendan would say, ‘It’s a great song, but I think you should do it in a different key; and we’d say no. But now that we’ve heard Bruce has listened to his suggestions, I think we will too.”
Interesting that they worked together without ed. On Avocado didnt they all work together musically and ed put words on top of it for most of the songs? wonder if they are doing that this time.
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Interesting that they worked together without ed. On Avocado didnt they all work together musically and ed put words on top of it for most of the songs? wonder if they are doing that this time.
Yeah, I don't know. I think it is great that they are having music writing sessions with each other, though.
sounds like this band just keeps evolvling and thats a great thing...
only thing i hope is that as much as i liked Into the Wild album i dont think that would come across good as PJ as a whole, but from the sounds of it just writing the album opened up his horizons, i guess we shall see
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Guided by voices? Sweet. I hope we get something VERY different from the last record (not that I didn't like it, don't get me wrong). Sounds like they could go several different directions......
I love Guided By Voices too. I'm even more excited. Can't wait for the new record.
Thanks for posting!
"I think this record’s got a chance to sound significantly different"
Could this be pearl jam's "Zooropa"? Boom switching over to the Moog Synthesizer?
Thanks for sharing. that made my day. I have a feeling this album will be awesome!! Just can't wait till the fall. Winter is too long to wit for a tour.
I would say if the new album is released in the fall, they will probably do a few shows on the west coast late this year, and then do a full world tour in 2010. Hopefully, the economy will be improved by then, because I want to go to at least 15 shows
One man stands alone awaiting
for her to come home
eyes upon the horizon
in the dark before the
darkness leaves the dawn
"I think this record’s got a chance to sound significantly different"
Could this be pearl jam's "Zooropa"? Boom switching over to the Moog Synthesizer?
Hahaha. Yea, Eddie would look great in fly shades!
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sound like the songs are written and now its Brendan time
hopefully it will be done in time for a fall US tour (eh hem closing the spectrum perhaps!!!!!)
the cool thing is that we'll have the re-issues & maybe a tour to hold us over until they release "Untitled". this is going to be a good year!!
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In Seattle with the band as it preps short, fast tunes
By Brian Hiatt
In their Seattle rehearsal space, beneath a portrait of Pete Townshend and a giant Ramones banner, Pearl Jam have been hard at work on songs for their ninth studio album — which they plan to release on their own in the U.S., without a label. The band will soon begin recording with producer Brendan O’Brien and hopes to release the still-untitled disc by the fall. “The new record feels good so far — really strong and uptempo, stuff we can sink our teeth into,” says Eddie Vedder, who has seen his songwriting shift direction since the election. “I’ve tried, over the years, to be hopeful in the lyrics, and I think that’s going to be easier now.”
Pearl Jam (who are also releasing a deluxe reissue of their 1991 debut, Ten, on March 24th) have been working toward a self released album since 2002, when they wrapped up their contract with Epic Records and became free agents. For their last release, 2006’s Pearl Jam, they struck a one-off distribution deal with J Records, but this time the band will handle everything themselves in the States. “We’ll make deals with a number of partners - retail, online and probably mobile, too,” says Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis, adding that the group will sell digital and physical versions of the album on its own Website. “The cool thing is, as the record companies are kind of dying, the opportunities are growing.”
Judging from early demos, Pearl Jam are carrying through with the punchy, melodic energy of their last album. One song, a garage-y composition by Vedder, repeats the lyric “see my friends” over Stooges-meet-the- Who power chords and loose, Johnny Thunders-inspired lead guitar from Mike McCready. Another tune, penned by drummer Malt Cameron, is a bigger surprise: It’s sleek power pop, with a Stones-y intro riff leading into a tight, chiming verse and a catchy vocal melody that wouldn’t be out of place on a Kings of Leon record. “That could have been a seven-minute, weird, sideways kind of artsy song with a cool groove,” Vedder says. “I tinkered with it after everyone left, and we shrunk it down and turned it into something else... I’m thinking about set lists: ‘Will this be a song we’ll play every night?’”
Last year, everyone but Vedder gathered in bassist Jeff Ament’s Montana house for a songwriting retreat. “It’s the first time since the first record that we’ve really rehearsed,” says Ament, “instead of just going to the studio with a handful of ideas."
While Vedder seems most excited by the idea of short, fast
songs - citing Guided by Voices as an inspiration - his bandmates emphasize other parts of the record. “There’s plenty of ballads, too,” says guitarist Stone Gossard. “And there’s some shifts in how Jeff and Matt and I are all relating — I think this record’s got a chance to sound significantly different.” Adds Ament, “There’s a couple of great things that Ed brought in that could be real departures for us. Whatever wave Ed caught with [his soundtack for] Into the Wild has taken him to different places.”
The new album is Pearl Jam’s first with Brendan O’Brien since 1998’s Yield, and they’re excited to be reuniting with their friend — who spent the past decade working with artists from Bruce Springsteen to AC/DC. “At this point, I think we’re willing to let somebody cut the songs up a little bit,” says Vedder. “In the past, Brendan would say, ‘It’s a great song, but I think you should do it in a different key; and we’d say no. But now that we’ve heard Bruce has listened to his suggestions, I think we will too.”
Interesting that they worked together without ed. On Avocado didnt they all work together musically and ed put words on top of it for most of the songs? wonder if they are doing that this time.
East Troy 2003
Chicago x2, Summerfest x2, 2006
Chicago THE VIC, Lollapalooza, 2007
bonnaROOOOOOO 2008
Chicago x2 2009
(EV chicago 2008 night 2)
Yeah, I don't know. I think it is great that they are having music writing sessions with each other, though.
only thing i hope is that as much as i liked Into the Wild album i dont think that would come across good as PJ as a whole, but from the sounds of it just writing the album opened up his horizons, i guess we shall see
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
2022: Nashville
2023: Ft. Worth II
I love Guided By Voices too. I'm even more excited. Can't wait for the new record.
Thanks for posting!
Could this be pearl jam's "Zooropa"? Boom switching over to the Moog Synthesizer?
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GREAT NEWS.
not far off? it's freaking HERE!!!!
Don't it make you smile?
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Earlier in the thread someone said Sean Penn.
for her to come home
eyes upon the horizon
in the dark before the
darkness leaves the dawn
I was thinking the same! Man, I hope so.