Gigaton: Official album thread

[dimejinky99]

Something too often forgotten about riot act was all written post roskilde. There’s a very dark shroud over that entire record and running all the way through it. If they made *that* kind of record now we’d be all over it.

This shit like can’t deny me and this old men trying to sound young and angry is just embarrassing. It’s of no value to anyone except they themselves maybe. And even then I know they’re not unanimous on the need for it.

Settle down and act your age would be my advice to them.

You’re not gonna top spin or blood. You might hit a hail hail or grievance again. That fits.
But reaching for former glories and failing is just embarrassing. Especially following exactly the same template. Ugh. Amongst the waves a good example.

[Anders]

said it before and say it again - new album cycle pearl jam is the best. even if the resulting album might be disappointing, this whole process is fun. it can be difficult to find things you really like so i'm just enjoying all this nonsense.

this is me too. there's not much in adult life that makes you giddy with a childlike excitement.

Absolutely.

[dimejinky99]

Can’t argue with that. Hard not to be jaded an cynical too tho

[Chris_H_2]

But reaching for former glories and failing is just embarrassing.

[Matters]

I’m hoping for an album that doesn’t inspire reviews like these:

“Backspacer is the sound of a band cashing a paycheck.”

“On Lightning Bolt, Vedder at times sounds like the loon at the back of the bus.”

I’m paraphrasing but I remember reading these and laughing in agreement when each respective album was new.

[Coach]

said it before and say it again - new album cycle pearl jam is the best. even if the resulting album might be disappointing, this whole process is fun. it can be difficult to find things you really like so i'm just enjoying all this nonsense.

[96583UP]

i wonder if the music will be improved but Ed will still suffer from the same modern ‘too many words’ lyrical style

[96583UP]

This shit like can’t deny me and this old men trying to sound young and angry is just embarrassing. It’s of no value to anyone except they themselves maybe. And even then I know they’re not unanimous on the need for it.

Settle down and act your age would be my advice to them.

Never! Spritzy-punk forever!!!

[verb_to_trust]

I just saved a Gigaton on shipping by asking Ten Club for a refund on my preorder.

[dad]

You did your part to help fight climate change too. So, there’s that.

[stip]

that was pretty good

[Bammer]

Since I quite liked the last two albums, I think my fandom would benefit more from an album RM really loved than one that I did. I'm ready to take one for the team.


But with any band with this kind of longevity I am just happy for new music that produces a few songs that I can add into my regular rotation, and the fact that new music makes me want to go back and listen to the old stuff. After last year's march madness I've barely touched pearl jam. It's nice to have a reason to go back, and to want to go back.

Gigatron will include a song that makes the 2021 RM March Madness Final 4.

[Kevin Davis]

Also: "we could something else."

this one is truly baffling.

he could have easily thrown another word in there to have it make sense.. "do", "try".. something monosyllabic

we could something else is more pithy than we could try something else.

agreed

"We could something else" sounds like canned meme-speak -- it's reminds me of when people say things like "Gigaton is going to suck because Pearl Jam," as if omitting words from sentences in order to make them less linguistically fluent inherently carries with it an element of wit or cleverness. It sounds like something out of a Yahoo news gossip article and Eddie sounds ridiculous saying it.

[verb_to_trust]

that was pretty good

You see the Lanegan memoir is coming out in April?

[Coach]

Also: "we could something else."

this one is truly baffling.

he could have easily thrown another word in there to have it make sense.. "do", "try".. something monosyllabic

we could something else is more pithy than we could try something else.

agreed

"We could something else" sounds like canned meme-speak -- it's reminds me of when people say things like "Gigaton is going to suck because Pearl Jam," as if omitting words from sentences in order to make them less linguistically fluent inherently carries with it an element of wit or cleverness. It sounds like something out of a Yahoo news gossip article and Eddie sounds ridiculous saying it.

Man, I can't wait to hear analysis/takes on Gigaton from Stip and Kevin Davis. Two gentlemen. Respect each other. Have different opinions; able to articulate differences quite well. #StipKev

[Matters]

Also: "we could something else."

this one is truly baffling.

he could have easily thrown another word in there to have it make sense.. "do", "try".. something monosyllabic

we could something else is more pithy than we could try something else.

agreed

"We could something else" sounds like canned meme-speak -- it's reminds me of when people say things like "Gigaton is going to suck because Pearl Jam," as if omitting words from sentences in order to make them less linguistically fluent inherently carries with it an element of wit or cleverness. It sounds like something out of a Yahoo news gossip article and Eddie sounds ridiculous saying it.

On an album full of cringe, this might be the most worthy.

[bune]

Something too often forgotten about riot act was all written post roskilde. There’s a very dark shroud over that entire record and running all the way through it. If they made *that* kind of record now we’d be all over it.

This shit like can’t deny me and this old men trying to sound young and angry is just embarrassing. It’s of no value to anyone except they themselves maybe. And even then I know they’re not unanimous on the need for it.

Settle down and act your age would be my advice to them.

You’re not gonna top spin or blood. You might hit a hail hail or grievance again. That fits.
But reaching for former glories and failing is just embarrassing. Especially following exactly the same template. Ugh. Amongst the waves a good example.

so can someone do a Rolling Stones / Pearl Jam thing where as you get older it's harder to make good music?

[bune]

Also: "we could something else."

this one is truly baffling.

he could have easily thrown another word in there to have it make sense.. "do", "try".. something monosyllabic

we could something else is more pithy than we could try something else.

agreed

"We could something else" sounds like canned meme-speak -- it's reminds me of when people say things like "Gigaton is going to suck because Pearl Jam," as if omitting words from sentences in order to make them less linguistically fluent inherently carries with it an element of wit or cleverness. It sounds like something out of a Yahoo news gossip article and Eddie sounds ridiculous saying it.

Man, I can't wait to hear analysis/takes on Gigaton from Stip and Kevin Davis. Two gentlemen. Respect each other. Have different opinions; able to articulate differences quite well. #StipKev

[stip]

that was pretty good

You see the Lanegan memoir is coming out in April?

no. didnt realize he was writing one!

[verb_to_trust]

that was pretty good

You see the Lanegan memoir is coming out in April?

no. didnt realize he was writing one!

Yeah man. It's called Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir. A while back he was on Joseph Arthur's podcast and had a really cool talk about the book coming out and a ton of other stuff that might interest you.