" Pearl Jam announce new album âDark Matter,â share title track - Pearl Jam have announced Dark Matter, their 12th album and the followup to 2020âs Gigaton. Guitarist Mike McCready promised an album thatâs âa lot heavier than youâd expectâ in an interview with Classic Rock last fall, and following the dancier vibes of Gigaton, Dark Matterâs lead single and title track does indeed feel like a return to Pearl Jamâs classic â90s grungy hard rock vibes. Check it out below. The album drops April 19 via Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records." https://www.brooklynvegan.com/pearl-jam-announce-new-album-dark-matter-share-title-track
NEW - Pearl Jam DARK MATTER (Single) - First Time Hearing/Reaction: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4U8rHVJICR8
Maybe itâs just me, but I donât think that sounds very â90s grungeâ.
@atzanteol @caos I like the song. But I have to listen to it more often. I always find the comparison with the 90s PJ inappropriate, itâs a band with an incredible evolution since then. Iâd hate it if it still sounded the same. It wouldnât work, considering everything #PearlJam have experienced and lived since then.
@stbc thank you for saying that!
Iâve avoided PJ fans online for years because of all the insistence on everything equating to Ten, or nothing measuring up. I donât fit the factions.
Ten was awesome and I still love it. Also love how evolved and relevant Gigaton was. Everything in between - Theyâve never put out a record I didnât like as a whole record, though I might find one track or another reaches me a bit more (and which tracks can be a mood thing). Very few artists like that, for me.
Iâve avoided PJ fans online for years because of all the insistence on everything equating to Ten, or nothing measuring up. I donât fit the factions.
In my defense I was not criticizing the song. I was responding to the quote in the title about this sounding like a return to their â90s grungyâ sound.