Pearl Jam have announced Dark Matter their 12th full length studio album.
The album has been produced by Andrew Watt and was recorded in 2023 in Shangri-La Studios in Malibu during a productive three week period.
Dark Matter’s artwork features light painting art by Alexandr Gnezdilov. The album cover art was crafted using a large self-made kaleidoscope. Each letter visible on the cover was individually captured and handwritten midair with a specially designed flashlight to create the pearlescent effect.
The 12-track album is available in a variety of formats, including coloured vinyl etc. but notable is a is CD+blu-ray combo that features an immersive Dolby Atmos Mix on the blu-ray element along with hi-res stereo audio (the Atmos Mix is by Nick Rives and Josh Evans).
Dark Matter is released on 19 April 2024 via EMI. This isn’t an SDE-exclusive but it is available via the SDE shop should you choose to support SDE. Use this link or the button below, if you want to do that.
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By Paul Sinclair
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