Red Mosquito

Strat wrote:

Leatherhead wrote:

epilogue wrote:So, at this point, is it fair and safe to assume that Gigaton and Earthling were to the two albums that were rumored to drop at basically the same time in 2020? Some thought maybe there were 2 PJ records. Some thought PJ and an Ed solo record based on Jill's social media.

If they're still working on a new album with Watt, that must mean that there weren't 2 PJ albums ready to drop in 2020, right?

I still think the 1/2 of a set of lungs on the Gigaton spine is suspicious though. And "Side A" on the disc.

Yea Ed said he started working with watt after that vaccine concert for global citizen

tragabigzanda wrote:The second project was the soundtrack

liebzz wrote:Yeah, this month is 2 years since Gigaton. They are at a normal-ish timeline for a new album.

scrub12 wrote:It’s happening but not done.

https://www.spin.com/2022/03/pearl-jam- ... our-dates/

After the first North American leg ends, Pearl Jam will embark on a previously announced European tour June 18 at the Pinkpop festival in the Netherlands. And at some point during breaks in the 2022 show schedule, the band will continue working on the as-yet-untitled follow-up to Gigaton with 2020 Grammy producer of the year Andrew Watt, who served in the same role on Vedder’s latest solo album, Earthling and played with Klinghoffer in Vedder’s band during the accompanying tour.

“We’ve recorded a little bit with him, so we’ve got some things going already, and they’re killer,” Gossard reveals. “We’re psyched. Andrew is a total character. Really, like immediately, we were writing quickly. Spontaneously. Bring in a riff. Let’s knock it out. [Drummer] Matt Cameron is playing his ass off. We didn’t bring any gear down. We were just doing some recording in Andrew’s basement in Beverly Hills, basically. So far, so good.”

Part of the fun of the early sessions has been that Watt is a professed Pearl Jam super-fan who “knows how to play all of our songs better than we do, and knows the catalog,” according to Gossard. “He’s known for some of his pop hits, which I personally love, but he really is a great musician and he knows the band well enough to know when we’re hitting something. His perspective has been great. I hope we continue with that process. It’s been fruitful, everything that we’ve done so far. We’ll see how long it takes to finish it off.”

96583UP wrote:oh fuck this is gonna suck

Birds in Hell wrote:

96583UP wrote:oh fuck this is gonna suck

My expectations are not high.