If the title track is a sign of things to come, Pearl Jam are firing on all cylinders on forthcoming album Dark Matter – out on 19 April. Whether it's working with uber fan/producer Andrew Watt or a general sense that they need to reclaim some of their old calling cards, Eddie Vedder and the band sound urgent and hungry on the new single.
Guitarist Mike McCready follows through on his preview of the album he gave us last year with his spotlight guitar solo that raises the intensity through the outro like a firebrand, and Matt Cameron moves into the Soundgarden intensity and meters that will delight fans. There are even touches of Pearl Jam's second album Vs about Vedder's chorus and the rhythmic syncopation on a song coming on like a furious indictment of injustice. Quite a universal theme, eh.
