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Read a review of “Dark Matter” by Pearl Jam here.
So, Pearl Jam is a band that I’ve identified before as being very important to me. Several years ago I attempted to review all eleven of Pearl Jam’s previous albums and I was surprised and how unimpressed an immemorable some of them were. Now I haven’t been listening to a lot of alternative rock or grunge lately. It’s been a lot of country music, some jazz, lots of podcasts, and classical piano music when I’m writing at work (it helps me focus). When I heard the first single “Dark Matter” I was mostly unimpressed. The first time that I attempted to listen to the album I wasn’t really impressed. It felt like typical Pearl Jam and it really didn’t distinguish itself from what they’ve already released.
My review at the time was this:
There is a new Pearl Jam album.
It isn’t bad but it really isn’t great either.
It just exists.
I’ll be honest. I didn’t finish the first listen through to the album. I shut it off and found something else to listen too. However, Pearl Jam is IMPORTANT to me so I knew I needed to listen to it again. So I listened to it again in a different environment at a different time and this time I actually enjoyed it. What has turned me off about Pearl Jam in the past has they have come off as unbelievably pretentious but it just doesn’t feel that way on this album.
I look forward to adding the physical media of this album to my collection.