Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[Jorge]

Has platy, Chud, or KD checked in on this yet? None of them have been too happy yet, and I don't think this one is changing any minds but I still need closure

I haven't had the chance to listen yet, and I'm too tired to seek it out. I'll keep you posted!

[Strat]

I bet dct likes sirens

Dct will for sure. i think he will love this album and his love for it will be so fucking needed and lovely to share in....

[harmless]

I adore this album already, I just hope the band does as well.

[evenslow]

Yeah the Pitchfork blognoscenti are gonna have a shit attack defiling Sirens. Not that it matters.

"pearl jam has finally accepted who they are. 11 stars." - pitchfork

Score of 92.3 -- [Bon Iver x Arcade Fire + Miguel]

[evenslow]

Has platy, Chud, or KD checked in on this yet? None of them have been too happy yet, and I don't think this one is changing any minds but I still need closure

I haven't had the chance to listen yet, and I'm too tired to seek it out. I'll keep you posted!

This kind of lag would never have happened during their famed middle period.

[verb_to_trust]

I adore this album already, I just hope the band does as well.

What difference would it make if the band loved it?

[Rangi Guy]

I finally found a working stream of Sirens. Wasn't too sure what to make of it on the first listen, but on the second listen - I'm really digging it

[Jorge]

Sirens is the first time I couldn't be bothered listening to a new Pearl Jam single all the way through. I gave it a minute and a half and then thought to myself if I heard this song on the radio and had no idea who the band was I would have changed stations ages ago. It sounds like it should be in a Grey's Anatomy soundtrack or something similarly bland.

What season of Grey's?

The one where the short guy Doctor marries the big dark haired knee Doctor and then he dies.

Dude those ending montages in "Grey's Anatomy" have some good fucking songs.

You know the ones, where they show all the characters having simultaneous grand epiphanies while a voice-over narration neatly ties up the episode's themes and Bon Iver's "Blindsided" plays in the background.

[evenslow]

I bet dct likes sirens

Dct will for sure. i think he will love this album and his love for it will be so fucking needed and lovely to share in....

But you already gave it the official RIP review.

Is this zombie strat?

[BurtReynolds]

Sirens is the first time I couldn't be bothered listening to a new Pearl Jam single all the way through. I gave it a minute and a half and then thought to myself if I heard this song on the radio and had no idea who the band was I would have changed stations ages ago. It sounds like it should be in a Grey's Anatomy soundtrack or something similarly bland.

What season of Grey's?

The one where the short guy Doctor marries the big dark haired knee Doctor and then he dies.

spoilers!

[WtOB?]

Sirens is the first time I couldn't be bothered listening to a new Pearl Jam single all the way through. I gave it a minute and a half and then thought to myself if I heard this song on the radio and had no idea who the band was I would have changed stations ages ago. It sounds like it should be in a Grey's Anatomy soundtrack or something similarly bland.

What season of Grey's?

The one where the short guy Doctor marries the big dark haired knee Doctor and then he dies.

Dude those ending montages in "Grey's Anatomy" have some good fucking songs.

You know the ones, where they show all the characters having simultaneous grand epiphanies while a voice-over narration neatly ties up the episode's themes and Bon Iver's "Blindsided" plays in the background.

those greys anatomy guys really like Scrubs.

[harmless]

I adore this album already, I just hope the band does as well.

What difference would it make if the band loved it?

Only that I'd know this was deliberate, rather than obligatory. It might sound utterly strange but it would sour me on it to know that they let Brendan O'Brien do whatever he wanted to it, even though it's so uncharacteristic of Pearl Jam. I know it sounds weird, but it feels weird too.

[Fuzzcharger]

Sirens is the first time I couldn't be bothered listening to a new Pearl Jam single all the way through. I gave it a minute and a half and then thought to myself if I heard this song on the radio and had no idea who the band was I would have changed stations ages ago. It sounds like it should be in a Grey's Anatomy soundtrack or something similarly bland.

What season of Grey's?

The one where the short guy Doctor marries the big dark haired knee Doctor and then he dies.

spoilers!

My apologies to any new Grey's fans still trapped in 2007.

[blueviper]

Stupid Mop was a bigger WTF than any of these AND was actually great.

You've got to be shitting me. Stupid mop is great?

[stip]

I adore this album already, I just hope the band does as well.

What difference would it make if the band loved it?

Only that I'd know this was deliberate, rather than obligatory. It might sound utterly strange but it would sour me on it to know that they let Brendan O'Brien do whatever he wanted to it, even though it's so uncharacteristic of Pearl Jam. I know it sounds weird, but it feels weird too.

I think they just hate press and are waiting until as close to launch date to do interviews and what not. Still about 4 weeks out

[Fuzzcharger]

Stupid Mop was a bigger WTF than any of these AND was actually great.

You've got to be shitting me. Stupid mop is great?

Yes it is.

[Strat]

I bet dct likes sirens

Dct will for sure. i think he will love this album and his love for it will be so fucking needed and lovely to share in....

But you already gave it the official RIP review.

Is this zombie strat?

No didnt! Did i?

I said its growing on me like an std and earlier today i was speechless cause i dont know what the fuck happened. Or who this band is anymore but...yea..i mean..im still kind of speechless but the melody is getting stuck in my head and vedder sounds wonderful.

Binaural PJ RIP

This pj? Im still trying to figure out.

Like an STD...

[harmless]

I adore this album already, I just hope the band does as well.

What difference would it make if the band loved it?

Only that I'd know this was deliberate, rather than obligatory. It might sound utterly strange but it would sour me on it to know that they let Brendan O'Brien do whatever he wanted to it, even though it's so uncharacteristic of Pearl Jam. I know it sounds weird, but it feels weird too.

I think they just hate press and are waiting until as close to launch date to do interviews and what not. Still about 4 weeks out

It's just been so looooooooong.

But I've found my place, and it's alright.

[VinylGuy]

I adore this album already, I just hope the band does as well.

What difference would it make if the band loved it?

Only that I'd know this was deliberate, rather than obligatory. It might sound utterly strange but it would sour me on it to know that they let Brendan O'Brien do whatever he wanted to it, even though it's so uncharacteristic of Pearl Jam. I know it sounds weird, but it feels weird too.

I think they just hate press and are waiting until as close to launch date to do interviews and what not. Still about 4 weeks out

And its the first time they dont have a big partner forcing them to do press right'? I remember the Spin interview were Stone said something about Target wanting more press around the time they released BS.

[Vic Cognac]

3 weddings next summer and I'm gonna have to hear this goddamn Sirens song at every one of them...