Pearl Jam is back, and they’ve returned to heavy.
After throwing a listening party last month for a new album that frontman Eddie Vedder described as their “best” work, fans everywhere can now test that theory.
The Rock Hall-inducted Seattle legends unleash “Dark Matter,” a muscular romp of power chords, in-your-face bass, drum fills and a late solo that could cut a can in half.
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“Dark Matter” leads the way for the album of the same name, due out April 19.
That twelfth studio LP is the followup to 2020’s Gigaton, which peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 chart and was described by some devotees as their most experimental album yet.
Based on the three-and-a-half minutes of “Dark Matter,” this next phase will rock. Stream it below.
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