Often, this record seems to ignore the very idea of immediacy even when the tempos are rushed and the amplifiers are revved up, Pearl Jam never quite seem to be rocking with abandon, choosing to settle into comforting cacophony instead. Long ago, Pearl Jam opted out of the rat race, choosing to abandon MTV and album rock radio, ready to take any fans who came their way, and in a way, Lightning Bolt - their tenth studio album, arriving 22 years after the first - is a logical extension of that attitude, flirting with insouciance even at its loudest moments. Perhaps it's destined that a band who considered the Who and Neil Young idols would have no quarrel with middle age nevertheless, the settled nature of Pearl Jam's Lightning Bolt comes as a bit of a jolt.
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