Pearl Jam: 'Gigaton'

Pearl Jam’s new LP, Gigaton, is a warning. A one billion ton-sized one. If you choose to digest the 14-track record on YouTube, as I did, that warning is even more evident. Each song is accompanied by a Planet Earth documentary worthy visual experience that depicts some of the most magnificent scenery in nature, from giant oceans to volcanic rock and bubblegum sunsets. But, when listening to the record, we understand that this beautiful scenery is in peril, at risk, and so is the rest of the world. Human greed will have its consequences. And those consequences have arrived at our collective doorstep.