Listen to Pearl Jam’s New Song ‘Wreckage’

Pearl
Jam
has
released
“Wreckage,”
the
latest
song
from
their
upcoming
album


Dark
Matter.
You
can
listen
to
it
below.

The
mid-tempo
song
finds

Eddie
Vedder
embracing
a

Tom
Petty-like
delivery,
crooning
on
themes
of
survival
and
the
passage
of
time.

The
acoustic-tinged
tune
offers
yet
another
stylistic
shift,
hinting
at
the
versatility
on
display
on
Pearl
Jam’s 12th
studio
album.
By
contrast,
the
previously-released
“Running”
is
a
frenzied,
punk-style
attack,
while
the

title
track
delivers
bombastic,
anthemic
rock.

In
a
conversation
with


Spin,
guitarist
Stone
Gossard
revealed
how
Vedder
and
producer
Andrew
Watt
built
the
track’s
foundation.

READ
MORE:

Why
Pearl
Jam’s
First
Listeners
Were ‘Dicks’
to
Eddie
Vedder

“Andrew
and
Ed
worked
that
out
together.
One
morning,
we
came
in
and
they
had
something
going
on,”
the
guitarist
explained.
“That
one
probably
has
the
biggest
build
for
me
personally,
in
terms
of
hearing
it
at
first
and
thinking,
it’s
kind
of
an
Ed
song.
I
wasn’t
quite
aware
of
its
potency
until
later.
Andrew
encouraged
me
to
play
this
little
harmonic,
acoustic
part
almost
like
a

Cure
melody.
I’ve
been
playing
along
with
the
song
to
relearn
it
and
I’m
really
looking
forward
to
playing
it
live.
It’s
a
really
powerful
lyric
and
I
think
we
did
a
really
great
job
of
taking
something
and
really
pushing
it
to
its
limit.”

When
Does
Pearl
Jam’s
New
Album
Come
Out?

Dark
Matter
arrives
on
Friday,
April
19.
Vedder
—
who
is
not
known
for
exaggeration
or
self-promotion
—
has
openly
called
it
the
band’s “best
work.”
The
band
previewed
the
LP
on
April
16
with
a
special

global
listening
party
held
in
movie
theaters
around
the
world.

Pearl
Jam
will
support
the
release
with
a

world
tour,
kicking
off
May
4
in
Vancouver,
Canada.