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Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam


Background information
Origin Seattle, Washington, United States
Genre(s) Alternative Rock
Grunge
Years active 1990—present
Label(s) Epic Records
Universal
J Records
Associated acts Red Hot Chili Peppers
Neil Young
Soundgarden
Temple of the Dog
Mad Season
Green River
Bad Radio
Mother Love Bone
Brad
Hovercraft
Wellwater Conspiracy
Three Fish
The Rockfords
Website Website
Members
Eddie Vedder
Mike McCready
Stone Gossard
Jeff Ament
Matt Cameron
Former members
Jack Irons
Dave Krusen
Matt Chamberlain
Dave Abbruzzese



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Animal Collective Showcase New Album

December 4, 2008
Animal Collective Showcase New AlbumGigwise went down to Plastic People in London for a very special invite-only preview of Animal Collective’s eighth album last night (3rd December).

Merriweather Post Pavilion’, as the record is titled, will already sound familiar to those who have witnessed Animal Collective live in 2008, with much of it made up from retitled set material performed this year.

From first listen ‘Merriweather’ steps away from the pop sensible inflections of 2007’s ‘Strawberry Jam’, which induced a bit of a panic amongst fans that AC were becoming more commercial.

Instead it shows shades of minimalist techno, especially in album closer ‘Brothersport’, perhaps the closest AC have ever come to dance music.

This is overlaid with their familiarly strong preoccupation for fuzzy psychedelia, realised through much lo-fi production and down tempo 8-bit.

‘Merriweather’ follows in a more experimentalist vein that might be best described as garage electronica, much like contemporary releases from fellow avant garde noise proponents Deerhunter and TV On The Radio, which will likely delight long-time fans of AC’s ability to push through accepted generic form.

‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ will be released on Domino in 2009.

(by Hazel Sheffield)



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