Red Mosquito

oneway23 wrote:

Strat wrote:Like, legit good, not just "oh hey another pearl jam album that i always enjoy" good.

This is the one...they finally fucking did it.

blueviper wrote:Tonight is the night. Can't wait to listen to the full album.

It's comforting to have a favorite band for so long that for 30+ years has given you some great music.

oneway23 wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

oneway23 wrote:

mikejasond wrote:I think these are simultaneously some of the best and worst lyrics on a Pearl Jam album.

They are blunt, not that poetic, sometimes trite, straightforward, etc. Taken on an individual level they don’t often wow or come across as a bit weak. On some songs that I liked on first listen they weakened when reading the lyrics on second listen.

But they also come across as honest, raw, and personal. And cohesive across the album for whatever Eddie is trying to express. And in that way I think they are actually some of his strongest. It definitely gives you the feeling the album is about something.

I can see where you're coming from. It may not be the lyrical "3-D chess", as Ed called it, of Avocado, but...what I would say is this...The lyrical earnestness that has been a hallmark of his writing since day one has quite possibly never been better deployed than it has for this set of songs. They're well suited for that level of emotional vulnerability.

I was a little disappointed with some of these lyrics when I was at the cinema, but finding out that the themes feel apparently so raw and real, and they're stretched across the album, that approach starts to make sense (even Something Special is lifted by the album context); and poetry doesn't have to be a complex puzzle, there are plenty of very simple but beautiful lines here

Absolutely. I can be equally fascinated by more poetic, complex lyrics and more direct sentiments, but, for me, the artistry is ultimately about the honest expression of the person I'm listening to....That could run the gambit, from the most eye-rollingly pretentious English prog to Keith Morris and the Circle Jerks writing songs about cum stains on their jeans. I don't care...love it all.

In this particular case, speaking of English Prog, the themes that weave the album together do so in such a way as to make this, dare I say it? A concept album? It sure sounds like it, to me.
Title takes on a much deeper and complex meaning, in that context, doesn't it?

Hypnos wrote:It would be cool if this thing had a hidden track.

ABNorman wrote:

BootsToAsses wrote:I managed to sort the VPN to get onto Australian Qobuz and purchased the hi-res download.

My evening is sorted!

I still keep getting "Oops! VPNs not allowed".

RockPusher wrote:

oneway23 wrote:

Strat wrote:Like, legit good, not just "oh hey another pearl jam album that i always enjoy" good.

This is the one...they finally fucking did it.

They sure as fuck did

blueviper wrote:Tonight is the night. Can't wait to listen to the full album.

It's comforting to have a favorite band for so long that for 30+ years has given you some great music.

Force Of Nature wrote:

Hypnos wrote:It would be cool if this thing had a hidden track.

Now just imagine the scenes if there was one after setting sun that wasn’t played at theatres/listening parties and just on the record tomorrow

IndioShoeThrower wrote:

blueviper wrote:Tonight is the night. Can't wait to listen to the full album.

It's comforting to have a favorite band for so long that for 30+ years has given you some great music.

Agreed. This album is like having my best friend move away 25 years ago. We call/write, and are able to enjoy the relationship (sometimes immensely), but I never thought I would actually see him again and experience what made the original relationship so special.

And then he just walked into the room.

Hypnos wrote:

Force Of Nature wrote:

Hypnos wrote:It would be cool if this thing had a hidden track.

Now just imagine the scenes if there was one after setting sun that wasn’t played at theatres/listening parties and just on the record tomorrow

Im basically needing more music from this sessions and this band's state of mind. I havent felt that since Yield/Binaural, where Im thirsty of every piece of sound they made. Bring on the outtakes!

tree_ wrote:

IndioShoeThrower wrote:

blueviper wrote:Tonight is the night. Can't wait to listen to the full album.

It's comforting to have a favorite band for so long that for 30+ years has given you some great music.

Agreed. This album is like having my best friend move away 25 years ago. We call/write, and are able to enjoy the relationship (sometimes immensely), but I never thought I would actually see him again and experience what made the original relationship so special.

And then he just walked into the room.

And now I rub my eyes
For he has returned
Seems my preconceptions are
What should have been burned
For he still smiles
And he's still strong
Nothing's changed
But the surrounding bullshit
That has grown
And now he's home and we're laughing
Like we always did
My same old, same old friend

tree_ wrote:smelling so jizzy up in herrr

Force Of Nature wrote:

Hypnos wrote:

Force Of Nature wrote:

Hypnos wrote:It would be cool if this thing had a hidden track.

Now just imagine the scenes if there was one after setting sun that wasn’t played at theatres/listening parties and just on the record tomorrow

Im basically needing more music from this sessions and this band's state of mind. I havent felt that since Yield/Binaural, where Im thirsty of every piece of sound they made. Bring on the outtakes!

I’m sure Mike will reference an EP in the next few weeks and we’ll all get excited and then nothing will come it