2/13/24

My thoughts on the new Pearl Jam song...


So I guess I was dreading hearing this single.  Every other 90's band officially sounds old.  Recent material by Foo Fighters and Smashing Pumpkins has been awful offal (ha!).  But you know what?  "Dark Matter" is a solid Pearl Jam song.  It even features that propulsive groove that had been missing from the last couple of albums.  Thank you, Matt Cameron!  Eddie still sounds like Eddie.  Perhaps most importantly, we get a screaming guitar solo, and yes, I was going to complain if we didn't get a screaming guitar solo.  Using my trusty Abbath scale, I'd give it a cautious 4 out of 5.  Let's see what the other tunes sound like.  Grunge will never die!

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