Pearl Jam New Album News!

Pearl Jam is back in the studio with their longtime producer Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against the Machine) according to Mike McCready, guitarist of Pearl Jam. O'Brien you may recall last worked with Pearl a decade ago with Pearl Jam's rave reviewed 'Yield'. O'Brien has also produced Pearl Jam's "Vs." (1993), "Vitalogy" (1994) and "No Code."

According to Billboard.com:

"Brendan works really fast," Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament told Billboard.com in March. "He's a super pro. I've always felt, working with him, that he understood me as a bass player and that's not always easy. A lot of producers are there to please the singer. But I've always had a great rapport with him. I can tell him I want something to sound like the O'Jays or Led Zeppelin or PJ Harvey and he gets it."

"We've always been friends," O'Brien told Billboard.com last fall. "They were great to me when we were making records together [before], and we still remained very good friends ... I still think they're a great band. Eddie [Vedder] has one of the best, if not the best, voices out there. When he sings, people believe them."

They are aiming to release the record in 2008, though only 3-4 songs have been written thus far.

Pearl is also set to hit the road to embark on a 13 date tour starting June 11 (Ticket Info). More news as it comes...

Now Check out this classic Pearl Jam Moment at the 1993 MTV Music Awards performing 'Animal'