'Gigaton' review: Pearl Jam's most striking album in 20 years


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Pearl Jam breaks its longest album drought with the release of Gigaton – the band's first studio effort since 2013’s Lightning Bolt. And it’s hardly a tired spinoff. – AFP

Pearl Jam and its grunge-era brethren are officially classic rock. It’s been an entire generation since Eddie and the boys were hailed as the voice of theirs. Nineties teens can now tell their children of a distant time when musicians with guitars roamed the MTV airwaves currently occupied by Teen Mom OG and Jersey Shore Family Vacation.

Pearl Jam breaks the longest album drought of its career with the release of Gigaton – the Seattle juggernauts’ first studio effort since 2013’s Lightning Bolt. And it’s hardly a tired spinoff.

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