Gigaton: Official album thread

[Freewheelin]

I would love them to tap into the tone, mood and sensibility of the three instrumentals (harmony in particular) from touring band. That was arguably the last time the band were firing on all cylinders and were meticulously devoted to their craft.

Those songs kinda speak to what the themes of this album may be. Well they do for me anyways

[dimejinky99]

We’ve missed something huge here.

His whole career Ed has been oceans and waves


Now, the oceans and waves are rising and are coming to flood us and our cities.


How is he going to reconcile that?

[ABNorman]

(Too) Big Wave

[Rangi Guy]

Deep(er)

[dimejinky99]

Oh god not this again


What have I done

[Anders]

Oceans (Rising)

[LetMeSleep]

(Tuvalu) Swallowed Whole

[Rangi Guy]

Full

[dimejinky99]

Strangely enough.

He signed my pals journal back during the riot act tour and drew three big waves and wrote

‘The waves break, let’s not be victims.....eddie’


Sounds like an ommited lyric from ghost

[stip]

Full

i liked this one

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Amongst the Tidal Waves

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Mortality

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Inland Sea

[dimejinky99]

Elderly woman floating on a wooden countertop to avoid drowning and yes there was room for the old man who’s face she seemed to recognize but the selfish old cow wouldn’t let him on and he drowned in a small undertow

[ABNorman]

Does anybody know if Pearl Jam digital downloads tend to come with liner notes? Don't really want more plastic/paper in my life, but I've checked my Lightning Bolt folder and it doesn't seem to include any pdf/images.

[lecherouslittlestump]

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has recorded an essay about climate change for Pearl Jam's new album, Gigaton.

In the essay, which she recites over ambient music from the grunge band, Thunberg calls for "civil disobedience" and says "it is time to rebel".

"There are no grey areas when it comes to survival," she adds on the track, which will be released in March.

Thunberg, 16, has become one of the leading voices in the climate debate.

She rose to prominence in 2018 when she began skipping school to take part in protests.

The new track will not be a single in its own right - but will feature as the opening song on the band's album.

The music industry is still a major contributor to climate change. A report in the scientific journal The Conversation earlier this year suggested that, in the US alone, its greenhouse gas equivalents (GHGs) - a way of measuring emissions - has almost doubled since 1977.

Pearl Jam are about to embark on a world tour, and will play gigs in Italy, England, USA, France, Canada and Hungary in the coming months.

It is likely they will fly to many of those countries, despite air travel being a significant contributor to climate change.

Thunberg took a 32-hour train journey to speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos last year, in order to avoid flying.

On the new track, Thunberg can be heard telling listeners: "We are right now at the beginning of a climate and ecological crisis. And we need to call it what it is: an emergency."

"Today we use about 100 million barrels of oil every single day," she continues. "There are no politics to change that. There are no rules to keep that oil in the ground, so we can no longer save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed, everything needs to change, and it has to start today."

The essay is direct in its message but short on actual practical measures which she thinks should be put in place.

She does, however, say: "The main solution is so simple that even a small child can understand it. We have to stop our emissions of greenhouse gasses."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49098434

[LetMeSleep]

God bless you, stump.

[ABNorman]

Does anybody know if Pearl Jam digital downloads tend to come with liner notes? Don't really want more plastic/paper in my life, but I've checked my Lightning Bolt folder and it doesn't seem to include any pdf/images.

Whelp, just found an ignored email I sent Ten Club in 2013 about how shoddy the digital download was - typos and no liner notes.

Ugh.

[dimejinky99]

And all these Pj fans will buy it on vinyl

Which is a biproduct of......:.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Fuck you 'stump and thank fuck the song is for the 1975 and not PJ.

Stump, I'm tracking you down and will be sending a drone your way shortly.