Red Mosquito

Ed sounds awesome...restraint at moments, fully open and broken at others, such a great performance.

Hypnos wrote:This is PJ version of Learning to Fly.

Way more lyrical depth here.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:This band...

fitting since I expect the orgy of joy that will constitute half of the album to come to a screeching halt when Serban Ghanea takes a dump on my face

This was specifically for you.

I can't believe this is happening in 2024

tragabigzanda wrote:I love that there's some heft to the guitars after the "holding out" bit before the outro

I haven't listened on headphones yet, but i think a good part of this is the band really just playing int he moment and putting more energy into it. It feels so nice and not static.

VinylGuy wrote:kinda feels is about someone dying but also it could hint a suicide maybe?

If you're feeling the leaving, I can't make you stay

I've only ever wanted for it not to be this way

But it also has “charcoal on the faces in the burned up photographs”
“I no longer give a fuck who is wrong and who’s right”
“Spoils for the victor and the other left for dead”

And other sentences that sound more depresse/regretful because of a relationship gone bad and the weariness makes it feel like more than a simple break up

I went 4 stars based on two listens but this is more like a 4.5 with a chance at eventually landing as a 5.

Really love this one.

yeah, i dont see divorce right now, those can apply to a very feisty fight with a friend who is gone too.

Not sure.

tragabigzanda wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Ed sounds awesome...restraint at moments, fully open and broken at others, such a great performance.

Same. He sounds awesome.

100 stars. Strat = dead

tragabigzanda wrote:Jeff's bass work is great on this, he really finds room to groove in what is a pretty straightforward number

He is awesome yeah he is present and at all times he is doing interesting stuff and giving the song some very cool groove

Strat wrote:100 stars. Strat = dead

I appreciate your measured takes

I'm slayed. Just slayed. Alot of loss this last few months for me in the way of loved ones passing. I knew for whatever the reason I hadn't really dealt with it.
The song just as a song is stunning. Jeff's bass is really what is allowing this to take off. Ed owes him here. Mike guitar is harmonious with Ed in this in way I haven't heard. Then the words my they resonate. This could settle in my too 5 all time. I won't know that for at least half a decade. Knowing what life starts to look like in middle age and beyond yeah this goes in my knapsack.

Man that outro with that classic PJ sound! Can’t stop listening…

Tj wrote:I'm slayed. Just slayed. Alot of loss this last few months for me in the way of loved ones passing. I knew for whatever the reason I hadn't really dealt with it.
The song just as a song is stunning. Jeff's bass is really what is allowing this to take off. Ed owes him here. Mike guitar is harmonious with Ed in this in way I haven't heard. Then the words my they resonate. This could settle in my too 5 all time. I won't know that for at least half a decade. Knowing what life starts to look like in middle age and beyond yeah this goes in my knapsack.

I don't ever doubt the intentions or sentimentality of Ed. He does a great job here of tapping into the wisdom and perspective of someone who has been through a lot in life, like many of us have.

Glad you have this to help in your journey.

Strat wrote:Im smitten. I haven't had this emotional reaction upon first listen to pearl jam in awhile.

This song is lights. fucking. out.

exact same feeling. wowee