Red Mosquito

B wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Anders wrote:If they wanted no carbon footprint, it’s weird that they made people travel all over the world to these 11 sites.

hopefully no one flew to those locs, though.

you know some weirdo is going to spend their life savings traveling to each location for a selfie

Actually, where the fuck is Bammer?

probably working is ass off somewhere bc he decided to have twins haha sucker

decided?

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

evenslow wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

dprival78 wrote:you know what's another cool way to promote a new album?

a single

Chris_H_2 wrote:these guys have a gigaton of money, and they're nearly 30 years into their careers. this is getting pretty old. just release the album digitally unannounced like radiohead and be done with it.

Yeah, this teaser stuff doesn't excite me at all. It feels like they're trying to make a new album a "big deal", as though Joe Public gives two hoots about Pearl Jam - or that's even something worthwhile to aim for.

Can't these guys just do something small, simple and direct?

"Here's our new single, new album is out next month. See you on the road, etc."

i like the imagery and the audio snippet, but the campaign feels like something a 45yo old marketing manager would come up with. "Hey, Instagram is such a huge tool. and AR tools are cool right? Snapchat and things."

man you guys are grumpy.

It's true though, PJ no longer knows their market.

rm is not their market.

Birds in Hell wrote:Yeah, this teaser stuff doesn't excite me at all.

It has sure as hell kept me glued to my computer for 4 hours.

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:it's not a knock at PJ, it's a knock at whatever digital agency they hired to do this

Do you think they had any input into this? Back in the day, PJ were very much in full control of their marketing.

i know for a fact they (or at least Jeff, with some influence from Ed) are fully entrenched with the theme, artwork, and packaging. but stuff like this is outside their wheelhouse. if they ran it by the band, they were probably like, "sure, cool". but don't know how involved they are with this level of a campaign.

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

B wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Anders wrote:If they wanted no carbon footprint, it’s weird that they made people travel all over the world to these 11 sites.

hopefully no one flew to those locs, though.

you know some weirdo is going to spend their life savings traveling to each location for a selfie

Actually, where the fuck is Bammer?

probably working is ass off somewhere bc he decided to have twins haha sucker

decided?

yeah, you seen his ballsac??

Jorge is famous: “I hope this is a logical extension of Backspacer and Lightning Bolt I love those albums so much I named my son ‘Lightning B. Spacer,” one fan commented on Instagram

https://www.spin.com/2020/01/pearl-jam-new-album-tease/

Anders wrote:Jorge is famous: “I hope this is a logical extension of Backspacer and Lightning Bolt I love those albums so much I named my son ‘Lightning B. Spacer,” one fan commented on Instagram

https://www.spin.com/2020/01/pearl-jam-new-album-tease/

Holy shit

theplatypus wrote:Strong Muse vibes on this whole bullshit

Gross.

tragabigzanda wrote:I think this is potentially a great album concept

God, I hope the whole album isn't climate change themed.

There's no way Ed can pull that off without it being exactly this:

durdencommatyler wrote:a bunch of rich white dudes preaching

Nothing about that seems like a good idea.

Lol that's awesome. I saw his post early this morning and laughed my ass off

bodysnatcher wrote:

Anders wrote:Jorge is famous: “I hope this is a logical extension of Backspacer and Lightning Bolt I love those albums so much I named my son ‘Lightning B. Spacer,” one fan commented on Instagram

https://www.spin.com/2020/01/pearl-jam-new-album-tease/

Holy shit

OK, maybe it has all been worth it after all.

bodysnatcher wrote:

Anders wrote:Jorge is famous: “I hope this is a logical extension of Backspacer and Lightning Bolt I love those albums so much I named my son ‘Lightning B. Spacer,” one fan commented on Instagram

https://www.spin.com/2020/01/pearl-jam-new-album-tease/

Holy shit

#1 on Spin and in our hearts.

over/under on the number of studio tricks used to make eddy sound artificially younger currently stands at 4.5

The board is Rachel Bloom, we are Skylar Astin

Anders wrote:Jorge is famous: “I hope this is a logical extension of Backspacer and Lightning Bolt I love those albums so much I named my son ‘Lightning B. Spacer,” one fan commented on Instagram

https://www.spin.com/2020/01/pearl-jam-new-album-tease/

What percentage of the fan base is missing the sarcasm in that post?

dprival78 wrote:over/under on the number of studio tricks used to make eddy sound artificially younger currently stands at 4.5

if there's a snapchat filter to make you look like a baby, certainly there's a Pro Tools filter to make you sound younger

bodysnatcher wrote:

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:it's not a knock at PJ, it's a knock at whatever digital agency they hired to do this

Do you think they had any input into this? Back in the day, PJ were very much in full control of their marketing.

i know for a fact they (or at least Jeff, with some influence from Ed) are fully entrenched with the theme, artwork, and packaging. but stuff like this is outside their wheelhouse. if they ran it by the band, they were probably like, "sure, cool". but don't know how involved they are with this level of a campaign.

This would have been fine if they followed it an hour or so later with the new single. Then it would have had a point. Right now we don’t know what they are teasing except presumably that new music is coming at some point in the future. The question is why and in the Internet age you can’t wait days to answer that question. And no mainstream media picked up on it at all so it is predominantly a very extensively orchestrated prank.

bodysnatcher wrote:

dprival78 wrote:over/under on the number of studio tricks used to make eddy sound artificially younger currently stands at 4.5

if there's a snapchat filter to make you look like a baby, certainly there's a Pro Tools filter to make you sound younger

its evolution, baby!

liebzz wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:it's not a knock at PJ, it's a knock at whatever digital agency they hired to do this

Do you think they had any input into this? Back in the day, PJ were very much in full control of their marketing.

i know for a fact they (or at least Jeff, with some influence from Ed) are fully entrenched with the theme, artwork, and packaging. but stuff like this is outside their wheelhouse. if they ran it by the band, they were probably like, "sure, cool". but don't know how involved they are with this level of a campaign.

This would have been fine if they followed it an hour or so later with the new single. Then it would have had a point. Right now we don’t know what they are teasing except presumably that new music is coming at some point in the future. The question is why and in the Internet age you can’t wait days to answer that question. And no mainstream media picked up on it at all so it is predominantly a very extensively orchestrated prank.

i'm sure it's to give everyone time to see and read about it and grow their anticipation. we are a bit of the exception here, waiting hand and foot on a PJ-themed message board. they have to wait for Mr. Manager to come home from work tonight, put the kids down, crack open a Crispy Boy and check out the twitters