Gigaton: Official album thread

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durdencommatyler wrote:$50 bucks for the vinyl is insane. I forget, do they usually sell through other outlets, too? Like will Amazon or local stores have this thing or do I need to pony up?
i got to checkout and saw the shipping and hit the brakes. other bands give you a record and a t-shirt for that money..

i'll wait and see what other options become available
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durdencommatyler wrote:HOW COME I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN MY TEN CLUB TICKET PRESALE CODE GODDAMNIT
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Strat wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:$50 bucks for the vinyl is insane. I forget, do they usually sell through other outlets, too? Like will Amazon or local stores have this thing or do I need to pony up?
$35 for three lp's, additional 5" if you want the 7inch, then tax and shipping.

Actual cost isn't too bad actually at $35. A little high but...
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Strat wrote:I confused with the tickets. Previous years you could note that GA is priority 1 and you could also put in for Res as priority 2. Now you can't do that. This concerns me, dude.
Yeah, I'm hoping they consider GA as "Best available". I put in for both but prefer GA.
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This thread is about the album. This thread is not about the tour.
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pearl jam sucks now
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lecherouslittlestump wrote:This thread is about the album. This thread is not about the tour.
is there a speculation thread for "gigaton" the t-shirt?
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More nervous than excited. This could be the final death nail.
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The name of the upcoming album will be “Gigaton,” said frontman Eddie Vedder, and it will contain more “socially conscious” themes, according to a report in Variety.

“‘Lightning Bolt’ dealt with personal matters, and now it’s behind us,” said Vedder, referring to the band last album. “Now I have clear vision moving forward.”

That vision includes the plight of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and the recent shootings in Ohio and Texas, said Vedder.

“I’m very happy with it,” Vedder said. “It’s a different record.”

It appears there will be a fine line between the “socially conscious” theme on the album, and outright politicizing. While Vedder is very active in politics outside of the band — he recently hosted a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg in the Hamptons — they as a group have stayed away from controversial themes or endorsements.

“I don't even know the political affiliations of the guys in the band and I mean that, we don't even discuss it,” said Vedder. “That's the beauty of the music, it's the honest to God truth, that's why we've sold so many records and stuck around for three decades, because (the songs are) universal in their themes. I do not use the stage as a bully pulpit, I do not.”
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also, the press release says Dance is the "First single off Gigaton" implying that Cant Deny Me is NOT on the album :D
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“We found ourselves asking, what does it mean to be Pearl Jam in 2020?” guitarist Stone Gossard shared with the Associated Press.
“We could do the expected thing and pump out, you know, ten or eleven songs that are solid but sound like slightly retooled versions of things we've done before. Or we could try to make something a little more ambitious, a little more personal.”
“I wanted to do the expected thing,” Vedder laughed. “He did,” Gossard responded tersely. “He really did.”
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lecherouslittlestump wrote:This thread is about the album. This thread is not about the tour.
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Where are these quotes from?
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scrub12 wrote:Where are these quotes from?
he's making it up
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So it sounds like Of The Earth and Cold Confession are going to be on this one?
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Alright fine. Got my ticket request in. And I went ahead and pre-ordered the goddamn album for fifty goddamn dollars because I'm a goddamn sucker.

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Strat wrote:
scrub12 wrote:Where are these quotes from?
he's making it up
That’s impressive.
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scrub12 wrote:Where are these quotes from?
Variety report but it sounds like the quotes are from AP
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Strat wrote:I confused with the tickets. Previous years you could note that GA is priority 1 and you could also put in for Res as priority 2. Now you can't do that. This concerns me, dude.
Yeah, I'm hoping they consider GA as "Best available". I put in for both but prefer GA.
I didn’t even get anything asking for seating preferences. All I got was shows I wanted to attend. I think I’m fucked
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liebzz wrote:Also, answer please: gig-a-ton or jig-a-ton? Otherwise I am guaranteed to say it the wrong way and be embarrassed at the shows. And no one will tell me and I’ll be walking around like I have ketchup on my face but no one wants me to feel bad.
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