new billboard article: new album

NewJPage

didn't see this posted anywhere...a few more nice tidbits...

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/pea ... 9154.story

bigeye21

Great news! Surprised they are recording in LA though. Figured they would fly O'Brien out to Seattle or head to his home turf in Atlanta.

norm

cool!

Lizard

edit: fixed.

Hey Norm!!Let's stalk them!!!

Father Hubbard

nice find. billboard always seems to be the first truly reliable source for info lately.

given2fly23

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/pea ... 9154.story


Pearl Jam is about to hit the studio for a two-week session in Los Angeles with producer Brendan O'Brien as it continues work on its ninth studio album, which the band plans to self-release in the United States.

After laying down some instrumental beds last summer, additional demos were put to tape in December, and the band's non-singing members formulated another batch of material during a recent trip to Montana.

Frontman Eddie Vedder "put rough vocals on about half the stuff we worked on in December," bassist Jeff Ament tells Billboard.com. "There's a handful of really great lyrics. Lyrically, that stuff is in the embryonic stage, but there's a handful of lines and a couple of choruses that are just really great. He keeps getting better."

"I saw [guitarist] Mike [McCready] last night and we were both talking about this song and that song," he continues. "One of the songs we decided would go down a whole step and he was asking me about a chord progression."

This will be the first time Pearl Jam has spent significant time recording outside Seattle since 1996's "No Code," some of which was tracked with O'Brien in Chicago and New Orleans between touring. The band is confident the new album will be out in 2009.

"There's certainly been groups of songs that we've recorded very quickly," Ament says. "When we went to Atlanta and New Orleans, we could knock out two, three, four songs in the same amount of days. We did the same thing in Chicago. I'm kind of approaching it with the idea that it'll work out like those sessions did."

Ament says the band is very excited about the return of O'Brien, who hasn't worked on a full Pearl Jam album since 1998's "Yield" but has recently overseen a complete remixing of the band's 1991 debut, "Ten," which will be reissued March 24 on Epic/Legacy.

"He brings a brutally honest approach to what he thinks is working and what isn't, and it really moves things along," he says. We don't get waded down with ideas that maybe aren't even that good. He's one of the few people outside of the band that we trust with our music, and we're really, really looking forward to making this record."

The new album will be the follow-up to Pearl Jam's self-titled 2006 release for J Records, which has sold 704,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

nukeboot

I see that they are self-releasing this album.

http://strangeglue.com/news/pearl-jam-s ... m/10003524

Can someone tell me the significance of that and what it means in terms of promotion and distribution?

danny

cant wait gonna be wicked!

norm

Lizard wrote:

What is "his the studio"???

Hey Norm!!Let's stalk them!!!

i'm gonna stalk boom :P

pjsteelerfan

Good read

giluvsumr

Nice

100 Pacer

"The band is confident the new album will be out in 2009."

:arrow: will the new album be released BEFORE or AFTER the release of the '08 fanclub single?

just joking,...ar am i?! :twisted:

no really,..i kid :P

bigeye21 wrote:

Great news! Surprised they are recording in LA though. Figured they would fly O'Brien out to Seattle or head to his home turf in Atlanta.

if i had to guess, i'd say the band recording in LA for 2 weeks affords them the opportunity to get their heads focused on a fast-paced, recording-intensive process away from any outside distractions and/or responsibilites back in Seattle,...

given2fly23

nukeboot wrote:

I see that they are self-releasing this album.

http://strangeglue.com/news/pearl-jam-s ... m/10003524

Can someone tell me the significance of that and what it means in terms of promotion and distribution?

to me, it means they can do whatever they want. think Radiohead's "In Rainbows" or NIN's "The Slip." I'm not saying they will do a surprise download release. I think it would go against their philosophy and passion for art and packaging, but they could certainly do something like a rushed release, without the 2-month waiting/promo period or just have the album show up in the 10C store unannounced.

soulsinging

Is Ed wearing a Boy Scout shirt in that picture? That's some funny shit.

100 Pacer

non-entity wrote:

nukeboot wrote:

I see that they are self-releasing this album.

http://strangeglue.com/news/pearl-jam-s ... m/10003524

Can someone tell me the significance of that and what it means in terms of promotion and distribution?

to me, it means they can do whatever they want. think Radiohead's "In Rainbows" or NIN's "The Slip." I'm not saying they will do a surprise download release. I think it would go against their philosophy and passion for art and packaging, but they could certainly do something like a rushed release, without the 2-month waiting/promo period or just have the album show up in the 10C store unannounced.

a digital release of the new album alongside conventional releases, both via a digital download from 10C and a digital download via mobile providers, has already been confirmed by Kelly Curtis,...

soulsinging

100 Pacer wrote:

non-entity wrote:

nukeboot wrote:

I see that they are self-releasing this album.

http://strangeglue.com/news/pearl-jam-s ... m/10003524

Can someone tell me the significance of that and what it means in terms of promotion and distribution?

to me, it means they can do whatever they want. think Radiohead's "In Rainbows" or NIN's "The Slip." I'm not saying they will do a surprise download release. I think it would go against their philosophy and passion for art and packaging, but they could certainly do something like a rushed release, without the 2-month waiting/promo period or just have the album show up in the 10C store unannounced.

a digital release of the new album alongside conventional releases, both via a digital download from 10C and a digital download via mobile providers, has already been confirmed by Kelly Curtis,...

The fact that you can download music to your phone makes me want to kill myself.

wma11

The fact that you can download music to your phone makes me want to kill myself.

x2, I'll be damned if my first listen to the new album will be thru my cell phone, help us jeebus... :x

norm

soulsinging wrote:

The fact that you can download music to your phone makes me want to kill myself.

because?

decides2dream

btw
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=92517
was in rolling stone as well.

NewJPage

who just got their first sticky???? oh yeah...that's me, baby! just here to serve the public

Washed

NewJPage wrote:

who just got their first sticky???? oh yeah...that's me, baby! just here to serve the public

*Rises from chair and applauds* That's a great sticky!

I'm psyched for this record. Love O'Brien's work. This is going to be the greatest album since Yield! And hopefully extensive touring will follow.

Damn, this got my blood flowing on a sleepy Friday afternoon. Thanks!

inmytree1380

I don't think their album art is going to suffer...they appreciate artwork too much to let that happen (I mean, really..."Avacado" was bizarrely great.).

However, I do feel they are going to do some moves that are going to alienate a lot of people. The mobile phone thing on last summer's tour kind of irked a few people (I think it was through Verizon.).

I do think the band is going to do multiple releases ala Smashing Pumpkins "Zeitgeist" or U2's new release. Corgan and the Pumpkins released a different version of each album through ITtunes, Best Buy, and Target (maybe one or two others?). Each release had a different, unreleased track (although it was being released). And the ITunes release allowed fans to buy presale tickets for their tour.

restlesssoul

new album, it's really happening! i love this kind of excitement.

do you think this album will see the media promotion the other one got.

SNL, Jools, and all that.

NewJPage

inmytree1380 wrote:

I don't think their album art is going to suffer...they appreciate artwork too much to let that happen (I mean, really..."Avacado" was bizarrely great.).

However, I do feel they are going to do some moves that are going to alienate a lot of people. The mobile phone thing on last summer's tour kind of irked a few people (I think it was through Verizon.).

I do think the band is going to do multiple releases ala Smashing Pumpkins "Zeitgeist" or U2's new release. Corgan and the Pumpkins released a different version of each album through ITtunes, Best Buy, and Target (maybe one or two others?). Each release had a different, unreleased track (although it was being released). And the ITunes release allowed fans to buy presale tickets for their tour.

while i don't disagree that they may do some new marketing things this time around, Zeitgeist or U2, or any other number of releases lately, are all getting those "exclusive" type offers in different retail venues, and that is mostly due to the record companies attempting to give an extra incentive to people to BUY the album.

and yes, i was one of the alienated people with the verizon thing...i now have a pearl jam shirt with a corporate name on the sleeve...totally sucks

although, i shouldn't say too much...i don't want to lose my sticky status!!

Ruxpin

restlesssoul wrote:

new album, it's really happening! i love this kind of excitement.

do you think this album will see the media promotion the other one got.

SNL, Jools, and all that.

Gotta love their last performance on Jools Holland.
Maybe a small intimate UK show the same week this time also...

mrs_vedder

Can't wait for the next album!

Yeah an intimate gig in the UK would be great

Soybeans

Rawk and fuckin Roll! Can't wait for this shit!!

Jibiti

Pearl Jam is about to hit the studio for a two-week session in Los Angeles with producer Brendan O'Brien as it continues work on its ninth studio album, which the band plans to self-release in the United States.

After laying down some instrumental beds last summer, additional demos were put to tape in December, and the band's non-singing members formulated another batch of material during a recent trip to Montana.

Frontman Eddie Vedder "put rough vocals on about half the stuff we worked on in December," bassist Jeff Ament tells Billboard.com. "There's a handful of really great lyrics. Lyrically, that stuff is in the embryonic stage, but there's a handful of lines and a couple of choruses that are just really great. He keeps getting better."

"I saw [guitarist] Mike [McCready] last night and we were both talking about this song and that song," he continues. "One of the songs we decided would go down a whole step and he was asking me about a chord progression."

This will be the first time Pearl Jam has spent significant time recording outside Seattle since 1996's "No Code," some of which was tracked with O'Brien in Chicago and New Orleans between touring. The band is confident the new album will be out in 2009.

"There's certainly been groups of songs that we've recorded very quickly," Ament says. "When we went to Atlanta and New Orleans, we could knock out two, three, four songs in the same amount of days. We did the same thing in Chicago. I'm kind of approaching it with the idea that it'll work out like those sessions did."

Ament says the band is very excited about the return of O'Brien, who hasn't worked on a full Pearl Jam album since 1998's "Yield" but has recently overseen a complete remixing of the band's 1991 debut, "Ten," which will be reissued March 24 on Epic/Legacy.

"He brings a brutally honest approach to what he thinks is working and what isn't, and it really moves things along," he says. We don't get waded down with ideas that maybe aren't even that good. He's one of the few people outside of the band that we trust with our music, and we're really, really looking forward to making this record."

The new album will be the follow-up to Pearl Jam's self-titled 2006 release for J Records, which has sold 704,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/pea ... 9154.story

Flagg

Dropping down their tuning. I was wondering when they would around to doing that. Sure would help Ed out.

NewJPage

Flagg wrote:

Dropping down their tuning. I was wondering when they would around to doing that. Sure would help Ed out.

and we may get a few nice, crunchy soundgarden-ish riffs out of it!!

Stoney.G.Girl

Awesome!!! Thanks for posting this!! All this new album talk is getting me SOOOOO Excited!! I can't wait!!!