Just as the band recently promised, brand-new Pearl Jam music has officially arrived… along with some absolutely mega news. The Seattle icons have made a huge announcement, confirming that their 12th album Dark Matter – the follow-up to 2020’s 5/5‑rated Gigaton – will be released on April 19 via Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records. It was produced by Andrew Watt, and its creative process was seemingly quite a happy surprise: a press release details how Dark Matter was made in ‘just three weeks at Shangri-La Studios with the entire band playing together with a burst of inspiration’. Speaking about the record in West Hollywood recently, frontman Eddie Vedder enthused: “I’m getting chills, because I have good memories. We’re still looking for ways to communic...