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Following February’s title-track, Pearl Jam have just released the next single from their upcoming album Dark Matter…
Pearl Jam have unleashed a punky new two-minute single, Running.
The track follows last month’s explosive Dark Matter, which is taken from the upcoming album of the same name, and hears a fired-up Eddie Vedder singing how, ‘Lost in the tunnel and the tunnel’s getting funnelled / Like the sеwage in the plumbing / ’Cause wе left the fucking water running.’
In an interview with Spin, guitarist Stone Gossard revealed of Running: “Jeff [Ament] had the main parts for that one, and we worked it over as a band. I love the bridge. I don’t know what the hell those chords are that Mike [McCready]’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 up-tempo song. Ed’s vocal dexterity here and on a few other spots on the album is just stunning.”
Dark Matter is due out on April 19 via Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records.
Stream Running below:
And catch Pearl Jam on their Dark Matter world tour at the following:
May
4 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
6 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
10 Portland, OR Moda Center
13 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
16 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
18 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
21 Los Angeles, CA Kia Forum
22 Los Angeles, CA Kia Forum
25 Napa Valley, CA BottleRock Festival
28 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena
30 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena
June
22 Dublin, IE Marlay Park
25 Manchester, UK Manchester Co-Op Arena
29 London, UK Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
July
2 Berlin, DE Waldbühne
3 Berlin, DE Waldbühne
6 Barcelona, ES Palau Sant Jordi
8 Barcelona, ES Palau Sant Jordi
11 Madrid, ES Mad Cool Festival
13 Lisbon, PT NOS Alive Festival
August
22 Missoula, MT Washington-Grizzly Stadium
26 Indianapolis, IN Ruoff Music Center
29 Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
31 Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
September
3 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
4 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
7 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
9 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
12 Baltimore, MD CFG Bank Arena
15 Boston, MA Fenway Park
17 Boston, MA Fenway Park
November
8 Auckland, NZ Go Media Stadium Mt Smart
13 Gold Coast, AU Heritage Bank Stadium
16 Melbourne, AU Marvel Stadium
21 Sydney, AU Giants Stadium