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this album has been out about a month now, and perhaps needless to say, I& #39;ve been listening to it A LOT. It& #39;s been a huge bright spot to me in the otherwise pretty dark world we& #39;re living in right now. #pearljam 2/n
I took the day off on the release date (March 27) and did a 9-mile solo hike & listened through 3 times. I loved it instantly (fwiw, I did not love their last 2 albums. like a lot, yes; love, no). I love it more the more I listen. 3/n
so here& #39;s a little journey through the track list. all my opinion, of course; I& #39;m an astrophysicist, not a music critic 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😛" title="Face with tongue" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tongue"> [and full disclosure that anyone who knows me at all already knows: I am a huge fan, and have been since I was about 15] #pearljam 4/n
"Who Ever Said" - a great fast album opener; can& #39;t wait to see this one played live. Straightforward rocker; I love the drums on this one. "...All the answers will be found In the mistakes that we have made" 5/n
"Superblood Wolfmoon" - well I gotta love anything that references a celestial body, no?! This is a great song, it& #39;s got a good bit of punk energy and a face-melting @MikeMcCreadyPJ solo.... 6/n
...also loved that they had this great AR experience when the single came out - point your phone at the moon, get a snippet of the song! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😀" title="Grinning face" aria-label="Emoji: Grinning face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌚" title="New moon with face" aria-label="Emoji: New moon with face">7/n
"Dance of the Clairvoyants" - gotta admit, when I heard the opening part of this song, I was a little scared. But it didn& #39;t take long to grow on me, & now it& #39;s definitely one of my fav tracks on the album. SO GOOD. Modern, relevant; new & different yet same PJ we know & love 8/n
"Quick Escape" - it& #39;s so hard to rank the songs, but if I had to choose, this might be my favorite one on the record. I mean, the music & lyrics on this one are fantastic. Plus it& #39;s basically ab going to Mars (sort of), so, again, this astrophysicist is happy.... 9/n
.... "Queen cranking on the blaster And Mercury did rise" "Every sunset paid attention to Not a starry night laid to waste" "And here we are, the red planet Craters across the skyline A sleep sack in a bivouac And a Kerouac sense of time" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤯" title="Exploding head" aria-label="Emoji: Exploding head"> [Quick Escape] 10/n
Last post on Quick Escape: JUST GO LISTEN TO IT 11/n
"Alright" - wow, needed this song right now. "It& #39;s alright, to be alone To listen for a heartbeat, it& #39;s your own" Love this song too (this is going to be a common refrain) This one if Jeff for lyrics & music #pearljam 12/n
"Seven O& #39;Clock" - probably my 2nd fav on the record. Geez, these lyrics. Again, go listen. But a sampling: "For this is no time for depression or self indulgent hesitance This fucked up situation calls for all hands, all hands on deck" Much to be done. Indeed. #pearljam 13/n
"Never destination" - great upbeat (musically) song, good one to follow "Seven O& #39;clock" 14/n
"Take the Long Way" - this is a Matt one! And you can tell. GREAT song, all the way around. I love the harmonies in this one too. 15/n
"Buckle Up" - a weird but great Stone song. Had to warm up to this one, but I like it alot now. It& #39;s so contradictory - musically light but lyrically super heavy/dark. Which makes it great. 16/n
"Comes Then Goes" - ah, one of the ones that might make you cry (said as someone that HAS cried at a PJ show). So good. Not gonna break this one down. Go listen. 17/n
"Retrograde" - THIS one, starts one way, ends in another incredibly fantastic way. I *love* the ending on this song, so ethereal. "It& #39;s gonna take much more than ordinary love To lift this up" #pearljam (I also love that Brendan O& #39;Brien plays keys on several of these) 18/n
"River Cross" - so, this one did make me cry the first time I listened, on that hike. And we had heard it before b/c Ed does it solo, but, WOW. *such* a perfect way to end the album. On a whole, the record has some pretty dark tones, but ends with this... 19/n
still dark, but hopeful. "And all this talk of rapture Look around at the promise now,...Here and now, Won& #39;t hold us down, won& #39;t hold us down. Share the light, won& #39;t hold us down." https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💙" title="Blue heart" aria-label="Emoji: Blue heart"> 20/n
