The second single from Pearl Jam’s Gigaton album can be found online now. But you’ll need a clear night sky to access it.
Want to hear Pearl Jam’s ‘Superblood Wolfmoon’? Fine. All you’ve got to do is visit moon.pearljam.com and follow the instructions. You’ll be greeted by a message that says “find the moon to hear new music.” You’ll then need to point your phone camera at the moon.
Once you’ve found it, on-screen animations will appear over and around the moon, which are timed with a preview of ‘Superblood Wolfmoon’. The app also gives you the option to pre-order the song.
‘Superblood Wolfmoon’ is officially coming to streaming services on February 19. So if you live in a heavily smog affected/cloudy area, or have a superstitious fear of staring down the moon, you might want to wait until then.
Pearl Jam are having a bit of fun with the roll out of Gigaton. The record’s first single ‘Dance of the Clairvoyants’ came out in the traditional manner in late January. But three separate videos have since followed. The band described the third one – Mach III – as their first official video in seven years.
Directed by Ryan Cory, it features textural footage of bees and oceans and the band playing in front of the Northern Lights.
Watch: Pearl Jam – Dance of the Clairvoyants
Listeners’ second taste of the album came on Super Bowl Sunday. A snippet of Gigaton‘s closing number ‘River Cross’ appeared in a Verizon TV ad, which aired during the game. The Harrison Ford-narrated ad concerns the telecommunications company’s 5G service. The Pearl Jam element is little more than background music, but you get five seconds of Eddie Vedder’s vocals at the end.
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5G is going to change a lot of things. Luckily for us, it will never replace the courage and compassion of those who serve. RT to pledge #OneMoreSunday and @Verizon will *donate $1 to the @PearlJam #VitalogyFoundation: https://t.co/HX8ygvdngO
*Must RT on 2/2 or 2/3 pic.twitter.com/XUqiMrJGI1
— Pearl Jam (@PearlJam) February 3, 2020
Gigaton is out on March 27. It’s the Seattle old-timers’ first record of new material since 2013’s Lightning Bolt. The live album Let’s Play Two came out in 2017, the same year David Letterman inducted Pearl Jam into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
