Gigaton: Official album thread

[Ms Harmless]

I'll be over the superblood wolfmoon if this is better than Avocado

[Ms Harmless]

Have they cracked a "B" rating yet though?

I kind of hope they don't; didn't the last three records get "return to form" from everyone who wasn't a Deepfan (TM)?

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Mike]

Is it usual for records to be reviewed almost 3 weeks before they come out? The reviews for Lightning Bolt mostly came out when the record was released.

https://music.avclub.com/pearl-jam-nct- ... 1841996652

Maybe this is true and we'll get Gigaton on streaming platforms on friday? 27.3. might only be for the physical release...

Going on tour a few days later would also make more sense then...

[Thurman Murman]

Have they cracked a "B" rating yet though?

Wasnt one of the early ones a B+?

Either way at this point in their careers i'm just happy they are reaching a little, and that it seems like this new one is going to break the trend that with every new album, the band has a new "worst" album.

[Ms Harmless]

I'm not sure why AV Club have its release as early as that, but it's even weirder that they haven't edited it if it's wrong

[EJ]

I'd guess this leaks before next Monday.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[verb_to_trust]

You guys aren't really going to listen to a leak are you?

[scrub12]

I didn’t even notice the grades, just been reading about the album.

[joostone]

The unlikely synthesis of styles might be best embodied by “Retrograde,” the penultimate track on the record, with music credited to guitarist Mike McCready. Starting with a flourish of a guitar strum, it begins gently enough, with some very Zeppelin-esque guitar work contained in the acoustic sounds undergirding Vedder’s soulful warble. It fits neatly into the Pearl Jam canon of easygoing back-half-of-the-record offerings. Then with two minutes remaining, it opens up into an expansive combination of layered vocal harmonies, finger-picking melodicism, and frenetic drum workouts, like a combination of The Who and Pink Floyd, a complex fusion of electronic and organic sounds.

“Take The Long Way,” penned by drummer Matt Cameron, blends the band’s occasional forays into ’70s punk with almost cock-rock riffing, like a Night Ranger song stumbled into the room and got swallowed up by the band

[dad]

You guys aren't really going to listen to a leak are you?

Definitely maybe.

[oneway23]

Need some of that sweet Retrograde nectar

[bune]

Have they cracked a "B" rating yet though?

I don't think he's heard it yet.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Monkey_Driven]

I will, depending on the sound quality.

[dad]

Have they cracked a "B" rating yet though?

I don't think he's heard it yet.

Nicely done.

[Vindicator]

If this is in reviewers hands, we could be seeing the leak soon. I'll listen ASAP.

As for these reviews, they got me most excited for Seven O Clock, Retrograde, Quick Escape (I hate that he mentions Trump directly though), Buckle Up, and maybe Who Ever Said (hope it's a better rocker than SBWM)

[scrub12]

It’s now close enough where I think I may hold off on a leak, especially since I’m going to the Dolby Atmos thing.

[lecherouslittlestump]

I've listened to the review copy. AMA I guess.