Pearl Jam has been playing music for over 30 years. Two years ago the band took their musical journey beyond Earth's gravity with the album "Gigaton."
"Gigaton" was supposed to have an "Apollo" launch in 2020 but it was delayed due to the covid-19 epidemic. The band will perform at the Apollo Theater in New York City. The show will be broadcasted on Pearl Jam Radio. There is a live version ofGigaton on the channel.
This is a review of the album. "And here we are, the Red Planet, the Craters across the skyline, a sleep sack in a bivouac, and a Kerouac sense of time," Eddie Vedder sings in the fourth track on the album. The song made this old sci-fi fan and musician realize that something was happening. In a time when the Earth's future is in danger, the band has looked to the stars.
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The subject in the song blasts off to Mars in order to break free of the divisions sown by the current tenant of the White House. The video for Quick Escape was released by Pearl Jam.
As the album progresses, I've developed an underlying theme after soaking in the whole thing. The majority of it is a communication of the human condition as society teeters on the edge of catastrophe.
The opening track "Who Ever Said" and the spiritual view of the world in "Dance of the Clairvoyants" remind me of the "overview effect" that astronauts experience.
The emotional roller-coaster ride that humanity is going through along with our changing planet is prevalent, in my eyes, in the songs "Come Then Goes" and "Alright," and I perceive messages of warning and hope in "Seven O'Clock," "Retro grade" and "River Cross
It is the second record in a row in which Vedder invokes the moon. He sings "Moon changing shape and shade as we all do under its gaze/ Yellow moon on the rise" in the band's song "Yellow Moon."
"Superblood Wolfmoon" is the name of the lunar eclipse that took place in January of 2019. To promote the track, the band recently released an augmented reality experience that has its users pointing their phones at the moon.
gigaton is a measurement unit for ice loss, and is depicted on the record's cover. Pearl Jam's new music was influenced by our changing world, and the band has taken a strong stance for carbon reduction.
Pearl Jam allocates a portion of tour profits to invest in environmental projects that serve to offset or mitigate carbon dioxide that was released into the atmosphere on tours.
The band contributed to "Gigaton's" creation with each member earning a different amount of writing credits. The album was called an "experimental road map to musical redemption" by the band's leader. In a statement on Pearl Jam's website, he said that "collaborating with my bandmates on 'Gigaton' gave me greater love, awareness and knowledge of the need for human connection in these times."
"Gigaton" is a mix of punk and rock. The songs blend into one another and the guitar on "Retrograde" caused goose bumps. I felt like I was listening to a song.
I don't want to ruin the record for new Listeners so I'm not going to. Pearl Jam's "Gigaton" is an emotional-political journey that is quintessential of the band, with an out-of-this world twist this time around.
Pearl Jam decided to put their tour and movie theater events on hold due to the global health crisis. For more information, visit PearlJam.com.
The Apollo Theater show date has been changed and a new video has been added.
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