Red Mosquito

McParadigm wrote:Certainly makes a lot of the previous work seem a bit more samey by comparison.

psychobain wrote:ST was loved like a bitch on the beggining also

i want to see this love 5 months froms now

meatwad wrote:I just want to say that this album is so far beyond any expectations I had. Goddamn.

McParadigm wrote:After the dip that is Amongst the Waves, the last half of the album just fucking murders me.

Monkey Driven wrote:This album is a fantastic example of how versatile the band is. I also think it's a great sign when a lot of us have different favorite songs. That's when you know there's not a dud on it.

spenno wrote:Johnny Guitar, Just Breathe and Unthought Known - AMAZING TUNES.

solace wrote:It's better than Riot Act at least...

bmacsmith wrote:Just Breathe 10/10: I can't think of a better slow PJ song, except Black. Its beautiful. I've been on a alt country kick lately, and this would fit right in.

evenslow wrote:

Coach wrote:Unthought Known is paralyzingly good.

Jaeti wrote:

evenslow wrote:

Coach wrote:Unthought Known is paralyzingly good.

Does everyone hate Unthought Known now? I think it's Backspacer's obvious highlight for me.

evenslow wrote:so what have we learned from this journey through the archives?

1. recency bias is a helluva drug.
2. everyone is full of shit.
3. i am being unfair.
4. we've been here far too long.
5. it's fun to get a new pearl jam record!
6. what's the truest reaction to a new album - the first bright-eyed, open-hearted look or a few months later when some would pull a near 180 and cynically trash what they had only months ago exalted???

important lessons for us all, folks. see you in 11 years when i do this for the gigaton thread. the internet is watching.

evenslow wrote:

Jaeti wrote:

evenslow wrote:

Coach wrote:Unthought Known is paralyzingly good.

Does everyone hate Unthought Known now? I think it's Backspacer's obvious highlight for me.

a lot of people have shit-talked it to death. i still have a real soft spot for it, especially when i hear it live.

evenslow wrote:so what have we learned from this journey through the archives?

1. recency bias is a helluva drug.
2. everyone is full of shit.
3. i am being unfair.
4. we've been here far too long.
5. it's fun to get a new pearl jam record!
6. what's the truest reaction to a new album - the first bright-eyed, open-hearted look or a few months later when some would pull a near 180 and cynically trash what they had only months ago exalted???

important lessons for us all, folks. see you in 11 years when i do this for the gigaton thread. the internet is watching.

evenslow wrote:

spenno wrote:Johnny Guitar, Just Breathe and Unthought Known - AMAZING TUNES.

spenno wrote:I don't think Pearl Jam have made an album that comes as close to my own internal, creative musical tendencies as this one. It's like it's come beamed from another planet, the Pearl Jam I thought might've existed but never would - well, here they are.

spenno wrote:The initial lusty infatuation might wane but I'm hoping it ripens into deeper layers of familiar, comforting love.

theplatypus wrote:

evenslow wrote:

spenno wrote:Johnny Guitar, Just Breathe and Unthought Known - AMAZING TUNES.

spenno wrote:I don't think Pearl Jam have made an album that comes as close to my own internal, creative musical tendencies as this one. It's like it's come beamed from another planet, the Pearl Jam I thought might've existed but never would - well, here they are.

spenno wrote:The initial lusty infatuation might wane but I'm hoping it ripens into deeper layers of familiar, comforting love.

I love Effusive Spenno