12th album rumors and speculation

[Monkey_Driven]

Well we got some shows announced, so lets get this show on the road.

Nah, they have to go on vacation for two weeks over the holidays. Look for a January/February promotion cycle.

[Buby]

“We wouldn't want you to miss out on anything!”

Anniversary vinyl reissues for "Lost Dogs" & "Live at Benaroya Hall".

[96583UP]

can't wait to spritz things up

[Got Some]

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/mike ... -expected/

NEWS
Mike McCready says new Pearl Jam album will be “a lot heavier than you’d expect” “I’m hoping it’s gonna come out next year. We have a bunch of songs tracked.”


Pearl Jam’s lead guitarist, Mike McCready, has shared that their next record is set to be “a lot heavier than you’d expect.”

The album is currently in the works, and the musician is hopeful that it will land next year. The record will be the first studio release since 2020’s Gigaton.

Speaking to Classic Rock magazine in its new print issue, McCready shares how progress on the forthcoming LP is coming along: “I’m hoping it’s gonna come out next year. We have a bunch of songs tracked. We worked with Andrew Watt, who’s a younger pop producer-type guy, but he’s really a rock guy at heart – I think we’re his favourite band,” he says.

“When we were in the studio with him this past year, he really kicked our asses, got us focused and playing, song after song. It took a long time to make Gigaton, but this new one didn’t take long. Andrew was like: ‘You guys take forever to make records. Let’s do this, right now.”

When asked what the new material sounds like, McCready responds: “It’s a lot heavier than you’d expect. There’s the melody and energy of the first couple of records. Andrew pushed us to play as hard and melodic and thoughtful as we’ve done in a long time. I feel like Matt Cameron’s drumming has elements of what he did in Soundgarden.

“For better or worse, you’re gonna hear a lot more lead guitar from me, stuff I haven’t done in a long time. I went crazy, like with Chris Cornell and Temple Of The Dog on Reach Down [1991], all those years ago. I got to do it again. Usually the first or second takes are best. After that I start thinking about it and it doesn’t have the feel. But Andrew caught the lightning in a bottle, as they say.

[Lounge Lizard]

This sounds... promising to me?

[Got Some]

Touring July in Europe

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-a ... -nos-alive

[Anders]

"There’s the melody and energy of the first couple of records."

Think they say something like this every album.

[Lounge Lizard]

"There’s the melody and energy of the first couple of records."

Think they say something like this every album.

This sounds... depressing to me?

[lecherouslittlestump]

Pearl Jam? Heavy? Waaaaaah waaaaaah I hate it already, give me tuneless boring dirges like Cropduster or Pilate instead

[Anders]

You wouldn't know good music if it hit you over the head.

[rick malone]

Perhaps this interview with Mike was done months ago. He says they have a bunch of tracks done while Matt reported the album is done.

[Anders]

Perhaps this interview with Mike was done months ago. He says they have a bunch of tracks done while Matt reported the album is done.

He also said: "It took a long time to make Gigaton, but this new one didn’t take long."

[tommy]

Are they maybe afraid that releasing this album will trigger another pandemic?

[lecherouslittlestump]

You wouldn't know good music if it hit you over the head.

The Chad Ten/Vs fan vs the Soyboy Riot Act fan

[Anders]

You wouldn't know good music if it hit you over the head.

The Chad Ten/Vs fan vs the Soyboy Riot Act fan

You're a Chad Ten/Vs fan?

[Got Some]

More mad Mccready solos can’t hurt an album. That’s promising to me.

A heavier sounding album is something that has been mentioned by both Stone and Mike now.

I haven’t heard quotes like these since Avacado.

Watt clearly has a vision for what he wants it to sound like. I’m glad he cracked the whip so to speak.

I’m excited

[stip]

mike’s extended improvisational solos are a really important ingredient in their live shows and he is right that overthinking some of the key lightning bolt solos probably hurt them a bit (think yellow moon or sirens)z

i love everything ive heard about this album

[Anders]

I haven’t heard quotes like these since Avacado.

Someone should gather up the quotes they have given ahead of each album.

[liebzz]

I remember the some fast, some slow quote from one of those albums. Could have been Lightning Bolt?

[Ms Harmless]

I'll believe it when I hear it