New album news in latest Rolling Stone

Indifference71 · February 2009

Nice to finally hear somethng directly from the band. I cant wait for this fall!

Get_Right · February 2009

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!!!!!)

OffHeGoes132 · February 2009

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.

restlesssoul · February 2009

damn that got me excited to the core. a great feeling deep in my belly!!!! wow, i cant wait....YES!

mfc2006 · February 2009

OffHeGoes132 wrote:

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!!

bazzer · February 2009

Pearl Jam to Release New LP in 2009

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.”

poto101 · February 2009

A big midwestern BUMP for you guys.

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.

Sludge Factory · February 2009

poto101 wrote:

A big midwestern BUMP for you guys.

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.

Sharon_Hearts_PJ · February 2009

If it's released in the Fall, it means there's still a good chance for a farewell show at the Spectrum! Woohoo!

pjalive21 · February 2009

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

josevolution · February 2009

hell yeah can't wait and yes Fall that sounds fine to me since i will be in EUROPE ,and won't be missing anyshows here at least ..

Lee M · February 2009

As if I needed something to build my anticipation even more

LukinFan · February 2009

bad ass!!!!! thanks for posting

ER182263 · February 2009

fragileblake wrote:

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!

LOV2ROCK · February 2009

"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?