The band debuted its 2009 album, Backspacer, on the social networking site MySpace, and it was one of the first releases to take advantage of Apple's iTunes LP format a software enhancement meant to more closely replicate the experience of a physical album by offering liner notes, lyric sheets, and photographs of the band.
Punk and garage-rock are two subtexts of "Backspacer," as they were in hardy stretches of the show.
"Lightning Bolt" is not as raw or reckless as the music Pearl Jam made in the 1990s; it also trades away the rough-and-ready sound of Pearl Jam's previous album, "Backspacer" from 2009.
"This is one of the sadder songs we know," he said, referring to "The End," from "Backspacer" (Monkeywrench), Pearl Jam's most recent album.
Their latest album, Backspacer, could do something for those troubled by such notions.
The Fixer is out on Island on 7 September, followed by Backspacer on 21 September.
Even Pearl Jam, grunge's most dogged holdouts, finally gave in and partnered with Target and Verizon to promote 2009's Backspacer album.
The new album, Backspacer, is a return to Ten's worldbeating rock sound – but maybe Pearl Jam will follow it with an album of Crass covers.
As part of a deal with Verizon, Pearl Jam fans with Blackberry Tours can text "PJ" to 5509 to get special live tracks from each of the band's remaining "Backspacer" dates.
For the new Pearl Jam album, "Backspacer," which is due September 20th, the band is releasing nine separate pieces of art online; fans who assemble them all will have access to a free download.
