New Pearl Jam Album .. has been heard! :)

demetrios
demetrios Posts: 97,892
edited May 2009 in The Porch
Thanks for the early morning link, Mirella! :)

http://hearyoume3.blogspot.com/2009/05/ ... album.html

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Monday, May 18, 2009

I'm sat in a PR's hotel room at The Edgewater listening to the new Pearl Jam record - a release form I've just signed means that I can't tell you the song titles, while it doesn't even have a name yet. Yet what I can tell you, it's that it's ever, ever so punchy. Eddies vocals sound more honeyed than raspy and there's a ballad stuck right in the middle that's just him and a guitar, but is absolutely drenched in strings. There's hardly any guitar leads either - personally I'm a fan of that anti-alt-rock thing* and I'd like to see them bust some more of that stuff out. But as collections of garage-y rock go, it's not like you miss them...

( *What I mean by that, is that I never cared much about all the accusations that Pearl Jam were corporate cock rock - I always liked them because they were corporate cock rock (not that a band who've spent all but two of their years trying to sabotage their status as one of the biggest rock bands on the face of the planet could be described thus anymore). Just as some of my favourite music is righteous indie rock - Fugazi, Beat Happening, Bikini Kill - some of my favourite music - AC/DC, Rage Against The Machine, Guns 'N Roses - is corporate cock rock. It's a genre I most definitely enjoy...)

Y'know, it's hard to make sense of records when you've only heard them once, and the view from the hotel window (sea, seabirds, boats and far off mountains) is kinda distracting - I wonder what it'll sound like on a wet, shitty morning in east London? But while I'd like to hear it again - aye, first impressions are promising.

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  • einatshaul
    einatshaul Posts: 2,219
    Duh! :o
    I desire peace where I live
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,892
    einatshaul wrote:
    Duh! :o

    +1
  • einatshaul
    einatshaul Posts: 2,219
    Wait, who the hell is this person and why does HE get dibbs??? He doesn't write that well at all!!!
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,892
    einatshaul wrote:
    Wait, who the hell is this person and why does HE get dibbs??? He doesn't write that well at all!!!

    Not sure! But those Eggs Benedicts at The Edgewater Inn, in Seattle, look amazing! drool.gif
  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    Just gimme some lip!!!!!!!!!!!

    Conan news was a great curveball for the record
  • einatshaul
    einatshaul Posts: 2,219
    Sorry, I'm a little pissed. Maybe I should write a music blog.
    Here is my first post: I am eating eggs sunny side up with tuna on the side.
    Can I stop over at HQ next month and give it a spin Ed?
    Jesus...
    :roll:
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  • OffHeGoes132
    OffHeGoes132 Posts: 594
    edited May 2009
    Not to be too negative here, but I'm really not believing the source of the information here. Every time a new album is on the horizon, no matter who the band is, there always seems to be someone who has "officially" heard it, but cannot verify anything due to contract requirements. Again, not trying to sound like a prick, but I need more to go on before I buy-in to this.
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    OffHeGoes132 wrote:
    Not to be too negative here, but I'm really not believing the source of the information here. Every time a new album is on the horizon, no matter who the band is, there always seems to be someone who has "officially" heard it, but cannot verify anything due to contract requirements. Again, not trying to sound like a prick, but I need more to go on before I buy-in to this.

    This was posted yesterday. This guy is an editor at NME, an actual (and fairly respected) British music magazine. He's legit.

    Also, what are we not believing here? It's not like he really spilled the beans on much of anything. All he did was offer a few generic comments. It's not like he wrote, "Matt Cameron sings on 6 of 13 tracks" or anything like that.

    God, you people are so quick to pooh-pooh everything, really for no reason.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
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  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    I am curious if he heard all the songs, or just 5-6 of them so far. They may still be working out which ones are going to be on the final albulm.
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • Mindless Drifter
    Mindless Drifter Posts: 210
    AHHHHHHHHHHH

    am i the only one who doesnt want to know anything about the new album???

    i just want it to be a suprise when it comes out officially!

    i love the hype but i want to hear it properly and itll just drive me crazy!
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,827
    yeah i don't wan't to know anything at all untill i listen to it in my own space & time , not to many leads ahhhhh i hope the whole album is not like that ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Vedder_Girl77
    Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,341
    SWEET!! :D
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  • OffHeGoes132
    OffHeGoes132 Posts: 594
    slightofjeff wrote:
    OffHeGoes132 wrote:
    Not to be too negative here, but I'm really not believing the source of the information here. Every time a new album is on the horizon, no matter who the band is, there always seems to be someone who has "officially" heard it, but cannot verify anything due to contract requirements. Again, not trying to sound like a prick, but I need more to go on before I buy-in to this.

    This was posted yesterday. This guy is an editor at NME, an actual (and fairly respected) British music magazine. He's legit.

    Also, what are we not believing here? It's not like he really spilled the beans on much of anything. All he did was offer a few generic comments. It's not like he wrote, "Matt Cameron sings on 6 of 13 tracks" or anything like that.

    God, you people are so quick to pooh-pooh everything, really for no reason.

    Ah okay, I wasn't really sure how legit this was. I only had a chance to breeze through the article right quick and perhaps I posted too quickly. I guess I was more caught by surprised that someone actually heard something finished considering it's so early in the game. But I'm glad to hear that they're closer to finishing the album. Again, I really wasn't trying to be a prick. Damn dude, take it easy.
  • eldarion75
    eldarion75 Posts: 2,488
    Whats that you say? pearl jam fans complaining about something??

    what are the chances!!
  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    pjsteelerfan wrote:
    I am curious if he heard all the songs, or just 5-6 of them so far. They may still be working out which ones are going to be on the final albulm.

    This is a great point. I wouldn't put it past the band at all to deliver a list of current candidates and then finally change things up for the final release. Can't wait til it comes out, but boys... lets get back to the million B-sides released with each single, alright? We know you've got them. ;)
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  • deserteddotse
    deserteddotse Posts: 1,276
    demetrios wrote:
    There's hardly any guitar leads either

    Very unsatisfying... :evil: I want more Mike...
    Give a monkey a brain and he'll swear he's the center of the Universe...
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    eldarion75 wrote:
    Whats that you say? pearl jam fans complaining about something??

    what are the chances!!

    We want album news! Not THAT album news!
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • PJ_Lukin
    PJ_Lukin Posts: 2,055
    deserteddotse wrote:
    demetrios wrote:
    There's hardly any guitar leads either

    Very unsatisfying... :evil: I want more Mike...
    Mike is saving that for HIS solo record :)
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    deserteddotse wrote:
    demetrios wrote:
    There's hardly any guitar leads either

    Very unsatisfying... :evil: I want more Mike...

    Means nothing right now. There were a few early "reviews" of Avocado that said the same thing but there are tons of leads there.
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  • luvisatower
    luvisatower Posts: 1,078
    YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    ONE DAY CLOSER TO THE NEW ALBUM AND TO ME HEARING IT
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