Before they’ve even started their tour, Pearl Jam confirm they have begun to work on a new album. According to one of the band’s guitarist, Stone Gossard, the grunge rock legends have started having sessions to create the follow-up to 2020’s Gigaton and some tracks have already been recorded.
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Talking to Consequence of Sound about starting the process, Gossard said, “We’ve recorded some songs. We’re on our way. We’re making music.”
At a different point in the conversation Stone also discussed that producer, guitarist and songwriter Andrew Watt, who’s worked with Justin Bieber, Ozzy Osbourne, and recently on Eddie Vedder‘s album Earthling, is also joining the party, as previously announced.
“We’re psyched,” Gossard said. “Andrew is a total character. Really, like immediately, we were writing quickly. Spontaneously. Bring in a riff. Let’s knock it out. Matt Cameron is playing his a** off. We didn’t bring any gear down. We were just doing some recording in Andrew’s basement in Beverly Hills, basically. So far, so good.”
As for what’s to come, Gossard shared that Pearl Jam plans to remain true to themselves while also attempting something new. “I want to keep staying in that state of mind where we make looser records, and are quicker in terms of being able to generate that feeling or art… Pearl Jam, we constantly are asking: What is another process? How is it that we can do something new? What’s the next step?” Gossard continued.
“Just speaking with [bassist] Jeff [Ament] the other day, we’re talking about trying different formations of how to generate song ideas, particularly ones that move us, that move us in a cool direction, or in a direction that makes people go, ‘Ah!’”
Pearl Jam set off on their Gigaton Tour on May 3 starting in San Diego. Grab tickets to upcoming show near you — here.
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