Nope, niece. She is a model and singer too.

So has anyone on here actually listened to the B-Side “Captain Cook”?

I enjoy the album and bought it on iTunes but never heard the B-side... What is it like?
Would love to hear it if someone can share.

Thanks

It's a fun little song about his dog. I have the 7'' single but no clue on how to digitalize it, sorry

yeah, i havent listened to that on either.

I have underestimated myself. Here's a (flac and Mp3) rip from the Ament b-side 'Captain Cook':

Download link
https://we.tl/t-ObOHGfZMDC

In addition: really good earbud music to walk a dog to, it turns out.

Yeah, these songs received a level of care in studio that I wish recent Pearl Jam records got. They’re also great arguments for why “it needs to sound like Pearl Jam already sounds” is the worst criteria this band ever imposed on itself. A boundless creativity opened up just from Jeff following each idea where the idea most wanted to go.

Thanks for the link. I actually saw you posted it on PJ forum. Look forward to listening to it later today.

Thanks!

thanks!

I was just checking the linernotes on this one.
Interesting fact, this was also recorded in the Warehouse and Jeff's home studio.
Josh Evans was also the mixer/engineer here and it was recorded in 2017.

So both Jeff and Josh were working on this and Gigaton at the same time.


Btw, this record is highly recommended. Especially for fans of Gigaton

I struggle a bit with Jeff's voice. As far as Pearl Jam related vocalists apart from Ed, I also love Shawn Smith (Brad), Layne Staley (Mad Season) and Chris Cornell (TOTD). I enjoy Stone as well, both with his Pearl Jam songs, and solo. I've even listened a fair bit To Matt Cameron singing for Wellwater. Never got into any of the other Mike or Jeff groups, although I have a few of the albums.

Not sure Heaven/Hell would be great with Ed singing either, Gigaton certainly has better music overall. But I'll agree to it all being subjective.

Still love this album

Totally agree with your last statement...

Forgive me if this was already covered, but I’ve been wondering how much H/H influenced Gigaton in terms of writing approach to the songs in addition to the production. To my ears, the production seems similar on both which makes sense given JE was involved.

If you listen to Quick Escape or Alright (both JA songs), I think you can hear a lot of similarities to H/H. It’s almost like continuation of it in a way.

Maybe H/H gave JA and JE some serious confidence that positively (positive, positive) influenced Gigaton?

yeah, i love this one.

Great record! And 'Safe in the Car' would not have been misplaced on 'Gigaton'. Mike and Matt were already playing on it....

yeah, and it kinda feels it belongs. Lyrically, musically...that scorching Mike's solo...

Burried deep in that Ohana webcast was a stunning new Ament (or new project called 'Deaf Charlie') track:

https://youtu.be/ca8_GExoSw4?t=8379

yeah, i loved it. New band?

i was hoping someone would comment on this somewhere, it didn't seem like anyone here was talking about the webcast at all. jeff's bit definitely was the most interesting thing musically in that webcast, though i suspect some of the interstitial music used might hold some interest to us if we knew more about it.

the ament thing was billed in the webcast announcement as 'deaf charlie feat. jeff ament and john wicks', so it was unclear to me whether it was an existing band of some sort that just has jeff/john with them, or if this is a new ament band/project outright. the video didn't make it any clearer, though its focus on jeff/john and the outfits ala rndm seems to suggest it's their deal. i guess we'll see.