These will be PJ's first UK gigs since 2020's Gigaton album, though Stone Gossard also told Kerrang! last year that he'd like to "make another record that really shocks people".
"There’s some new territory there, and I think it bodes well for whatever comes next," he said. "I think we’re still scratching the surface in terms of what really could be significantly different sounding songs. I guess I would probably compare [what I’m thinking of] to an OK Computer/Kid A moment, thinking about Radiohead’s transformation and the journey that they went on."
When asked if that moment still lays ahead for the band, Stone considered, "I hope so. It’s not going to be OK Computer, obviously, but a moment where we stumble onto something that is significantly different. That prospect always intrigues me. I’d like to make another record that really shocks people – that makes them go, ‘Wow, that’s unexpected!'"
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