Diamond-certified grunge legends Pearl Jam are expecting their upcoming twelfth studio album to skew a bit ‘heavier’. The group worked on that effort with producer Andrew Watt (Ozzy Osbourne, Post Malone) and have since completed work on it.
Speaking of what fans can expect from the outing with Classic Rock, guitarist Mike McCready offered:
“It’s a lot heavier than you’d expect. There’s the melody and energy of the first couple of records. Andrew pushed us to play as hard and melodic and thoughtful as we’ve done in a long time. I feel like Matt Cameron‘s drumming has elements of what he did in Soundgarden.”
“For better or worse, you’re gonna hear a lot more lead guitar from me — stuff I haven’t done in a long time. I went crazy, like with Chris Cornell and Temple Of The Dog on ‘Reach Down‘ all those years ago. I got to do it again. Usually the first or second takes are best. After that I start thinking about it and it doesn’t have the feel. But Andrew caught the lightning in a bottle, as they say.”
Thus far a release date has yet to be revealed. McCready was also asked about what would be the best and worst things that could happen this year, to which he replied:
“Oh god. Well, if Trump got elected, that’d be the worst thing in the world to me. I’d rather think about the best things that can happen. We have to come together. We have to be compassionate. We have to take care of the environment. We have to not be racist. We have to not be idiots. There’s all these things we can do. But we have to choose to think that way.”
[via Blabbermouth.net]
