Red Mosquito

McParadigm wrote:The last RDMN album was so much better than anything Pearl Jam has dreamed up in years, if this is a bummer I just don’t even want to know it exists.

tragabigzanda wrote:There's a real novice/outsider streak that continues to run through Jeff's music, like he has no qualms about shoehorning in lyrics or instrumentation that might feel clunky, purely because he's excited he has created them and wants to share them with people; it's like he's never stopped being a student and doesn't pay any mind to the idea of perfection.

tragabigzanda wrote:There's a real novice/outsider streak that continues to run through Jeff's music, like he has no qualms about shoehorning in lyrics or instrumentation that might feel clunky, purely because he's excited he has created them and wants to share them with people; it's like he's never stopped being a student and doesn't pay any mind to the idea of perfection.

I hope it never changes for him, even if the end results are wildly variable.

bodysnatcher wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:There's a real novice/outsider streak that continues to run through Jeff's music, like he has no qualms about shoehorning in lyrics or instrumentation that might feel clunky, purely because he's excited he has created them and wants to share them with people; it's like he's never stopped being a student and doesn't pay any mind to the idea of perfection.

I hope it never changes for him, even if the end results are wildly variable.

agreed. i think this comes from his fine arts background + punk rock attitude. he obviously really enjoys creating, and does so with a looseness that awards him a larger area to explore within the confines of a song/painting/etc

VinylGuy wrote:I blame Eddie and Stone.

Birds in Hell wrote:This is great!

Agree that the production on this is miles better than the last few Pearl Jam records.

Birds in Hell wrote:I have much stronger feelings about the guitar and drum sounds on the last two PJ albums than I do Ed’s vocals.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I blame Eddie and Stone.

I mean, pretty much. Mike is obviously still doing a bunch of side stuff with his scores and tv music, Matt had Cavedweller and writes all the Pearl Jam stuff anyway. So those guys are clearly still into writing music.

WtOB? wrote:lol guys cavedweller was rubbish.

McParadigm wrote:

McParadigm wrote:The last RDMN album was so much better than anything Pearl Jam has dreamed up in years, if this is a bummer I just don’t even want to know it exists.

Turns out it’s fine. And measureably better than Can't Deny Me. So, no change.

bodysnatcher wrote:wtf is this misleading headline


https://www.stereogum.com/1990889/hear- ... jam/music/

VinylGuy wrote:I agree with that Joe. It does sounds awesome...Bayleaf had the number one spot for a long time, but in the last couple of years RNDM won that, And of course im not counting Mad Season or Temple of the dog.