Pearl Jam has launched “Running,” the most recent track from their upcoming album Dark Matter.
With a flurry of guitars, propulsive drumming and frenzied vocals from frontman Eddie Vedder, “Running” is without doubt one of the most punk-leaning songs in Pearl Jam’s arsenal. In the lyrics, Vedder rails towards a “Dictator, love hater” who has him “running ’till the second coming.” The tune’s refrain brings echoes that nervousness, as Vedder sings: “Lost in the tunnel and the tunnel’s getting funneled / Like the sewage in the plumbing / ‘Cause we left the fucking water running.”
Later, the tune momentarily breaks down within the bridge earlier than ratcheting the power up as soon as extra to shut. Listen to “Running” under.
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In a current dialog with Spin, Stone Gossard defined how “Running” got here collectively.
“Jeff (Ament) had the main parts for that one, and we worked it over as a band,” the guitarist defined. “I love the bridge. I don’t know what the hell those chords are that Mike’s playing, but it sounds original. It’s one of the last ones we recorded at Shangri-La, and it was fun to come up with one more uptempo song. Ed’s vocal dexterity here and on a few other spots on the album is just stunning.”
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Pearl Jam will launched Dark Matter on April 19. The album marks the twelfth studio LP of the band’s profession. Much of it was recorded at Shangri-La, a studio in Malibu, California initially constructed by the Band.
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The undertaking was helmed by Andrew Watt, the super-producer who has labored with everybody from the Rolling Stones and Ozzy Osbourne to Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber.
Hear Pearl Jam Perform ‘Running’
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