Frank should love this...

Pearl Jam axeman Mike McCready recently sat down with the Grunge Report to discuss the group's forthcoming record, supposedly set for a late 2013 release. According to the guitarist, things are cooking up good in the studio and the album is already taking up certain shape and form.

"The sessions went really well, they went very quick. We were with Brendan O'Brien, and he was kind of whipping us into shape. We all teamed together to bring in another section of songs, we started this project 2 years ago. We just recently finished another 7 or 8 from that or so, we're listening to them to see which ones are going to end up ultimately on the record," McCready said. "We're close to the end zone right now, football analogy! There might be a few [of my compositions] on there. Not necessarily like 'Inside Job,' but there's one I'm very very proud of."

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As far as the current musical direction of the Seattle five-piece goes, the guitarist made some perhaps unexpected comparisons with U2 and rock titans Pink Floyd, adding that there will be a lot of things happening on the record.

"I think the fans will hear what we are and where we are at now, it's going to be to their liking I think, it is to us. We haven't figured it out exactly what everything is that is going to be on this record. Some of the standout tracks on there are pretty amazing. Matt wrote a really cool one that's kind of ethereal meets U2ness, I wrote kind of a punk rock one and a Pink Floyd thing, so there's all these kinds of things going on. Ed has written some beautiful numbers, some kind of garagy type stuff and then also some beautiful lyrical kind of things. We'll put all of those things in the Pearl Jam thing, and hit mix, and mix it up."

McCready also discussed the possibility of recording a live studio album at a certain point, saying the band could take "even more of a left turn" than on "No Code."

The follow-up to 2009's "Backspacer" was recently described as "experimental" and inspired by various music forms from punk to prog rock. Although Incubus guitarist Michael Einziger was said to be working with the band, he later went on to deny any kind of involvement. As far as the individual band members go, McCready is currently also a member of the yet unnamed supergroup with Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees, while the frontman Eddie Vedder recently teamed up with the Queens of the Stone Age during their performance on the Lollapalooza Chile festival.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upc ... ready.html

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Doug, what do you think?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhlAqr4YnrU

I hear pear jam is tasty. But its season is really short. Probably just overrated.

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HA DOUG YOU CALLED IN "PEAR JAM" HA HA HA YOU MUST BE A FUCKING IDIOT! RIGHT FRANK!!!! HA HA HA

Everyone knows it is Perl Jam! HA HA HA! Wow!

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they sound good. very nice job of "becoming" a band.

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.........what?

Hav these guys made anything good since vitalogy?

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ZING !!!!! ARTIST CATFIGHT !!!!

The casual fan may not believe so but their entire catalog is pretty damn good. Of course I
am a big fan and thus very biased.

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I fixed it for you.

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Its Pearl Jam....you fucking idiot.


No Code I really like, but I can see why people would not like it. 7/10
Yield is great, one of my favorite albums ever 10/10
Binaural...eh. I like it, not their best though 6/10
Riot Act sucks save for just a couple of tunes 3/10
Pearl Jam/Avocado is really good 7/10
Backspacer has some good tunes, some clunkers 5/10

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An even bigger left turn that No Code...at this point in their careers? I don't like the sound of that. How about releasing PJ20 in the meantime? Just the damn bootlegs is enough for me, jerks.

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Anyone know what this countdown thing is on their website? Does it have anything to do with a
release of a new album? Countdown currently stands at 3 days and 3 hours left. Monday at noon
is it I guess. Frank, you have any info as a Ten Club member?

edit -- another obvious guess would be fall tour dates. hope they still swing through close by
after playing Wrigley in a few weeks.

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I have no idea what it means. It can only be a single release, tour dates, or anal bum release date.

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http://www.pearljam.com/countdown
Pearl Jam’s North American tour dates are as follows:

DATE CITY VENUE
Oct-11 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
Oct-12 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center
Oct-15 Worcester, MA DCU Center
Oct-18 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
Oct-19 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
Oct-21 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Oct-22 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Oct-25 Hartford, CT XL Center
Oct-27 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
Oct-29 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
Oct-30 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
Nov-1-3* New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music + Arts Experience

Nov-15 Dallas, TX American Airlines Arena
Nov-16 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
Nov-19 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena
Nov-21 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
Nov-23 Los Angeles, CA Sports Arena
Nov-24 Los Angeles, CA Sports Arena
Nov-26 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
Nov-29 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena
Nov-30 Spokane, WA Spokane Arena
Dec-2 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
Dec-4 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
Dec-6 Seattle, WA Key Arena

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Nothing near me. Also nothing in my travel budget this year after my Boston and Prague/Krakow trips. At least I'll be at Wrigley in two weeks.

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Yeah, looks like I will be missing this tour. I hoped something would show up somewhat close. Not going to
Wrigley so I'm out of luck. They have another countdown going on the website so maybe that is an album
release.

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Pearl Jam will release their much-anticipated tenth studio album, Lightning Bolt, on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records on October 15, 2013 in the US. Internationally, the album will be released on October 14, 2013 and distributed by Universal Music Group International. Produced by Brendan O’Brien, Lightning Bolt marks Pearl Jam’s first studio album since the highly acclaimed Backspacer, which was released nearly four years ago in September of 2009.

Lightning Bolt is available for pre-order today at pearljam.com/lightningbolt. The first track off of the album, “Mind Your Manners” will be released today worldwide on radio.

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According to reports, Pearl Jam will release their new single, believed to be called "Mind Your Manners", on July 16.

Sources who have claimed to have heard the song describe it as a lot like "Spin The Black Circle", which was the first single from the cracking third studio album, Vitalogy (1994).

The new Pearl Jam single is out in July and we'll have it first. While the album is being reported for an October release (leaked track listing below).

Tracklisting

1. Revolution Reruns (3:36)
2. Kickstop (2:14)
3. Vivid Futures (3:58)
4. Mind Your Manners (3:08)
5. The Undertow (4:04)
6. Red (3:23)
7. Of The Earth (6:15)
8. Tracking Change (4:21)
9. Uncharted Terrain (3:59)
10. Foliage (2:16)
11. Derision (3:32)
12. Sans Finis (7:12)

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$12.99 plus $7.52 shipping from 10C. No thanks.

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To ship a CD? That's crazy.

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I've heard Of the Earth before. A 2013 version of STBC...ugh. Don't think Eddie's voice can handle that.

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Yeah. I go digital route for 98% of my music purchases, but I like to have a hard copy for a few select artists.

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Why waiting until October if pre selling now? And a single today?

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At least a piece of Mind Your Manners....meh. Not going to judge the album on 2-1/2 minutes though.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCtKMxlfUMk

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I like it. The newer stuff was trending way too much towards the Eddie solo stuff, which I really don't like.

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I like that it is short and upbeat. I usually don't like most songs the first time I run through them though.

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Gives me a Comatose vibe.

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