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There are a couple of great lines вЂ“ as with any PJ record вЂ“ but theyвЂ™re buried under barely-there effort and borderline-naive optimism. Yes, thatвЂ™s an actual line from a Pearl Jam album. He apparently forgot the rule of вЂњshow, donвЂ™t tell.вЂќ Even worse is, вЂњTo and fro, the pendulum throws/ we are here and then we go/ my shadow left me long ago.вЂќ Worst of all, though, is, вЂњRound we go/where we stop, no one knowsвЂќ. But that doesnвЂ™t justify a lyric like, вЂњAll the demons came around, now IвЂ™m grateful they leftвЂќ. Look, I get that Eddie canвЂ™t be the same pissed off pissed off frontman he was when he wrote вЂAnimalвЂ™ or вЂWhipping,вЂ™ or channel the supremely confused eyes of a teenager who lived through вЂAlive.вЂ™ HeвЂ™s pushing 50 and he seems happy these days, fine. With the exception of вЂSirensвЂ™ вЂ“ the only song here that has a chance of inducted next to PJвЂ™s finest вЂ“ and вЂManners,вЂ™ none of these songs are memorable. Yet, it doesnвЂ™t change the fact the melodies are largely uninspired.

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Both demonstrate more-than-capable knowledge of how to properly work a climax into a song.

Same goes for вЂFuture DaysвЂ™ and вЂLet The Records PlayвЂ™. вЂMind Your MannersвЂ™ is about as punk as PJвЂ™s been in twenty years (and easily the best single from them since вЂLife WastedвЂ™), and the transition to its bridge is immaculate. ItвЂ™s frustrating, then, that while few moments on Lightning are worthy enough to stand next to PJвЂ™s classics, these songs are expertly structured and composed. Meanwhile, вЂPendulumвЂ™ and вЂInfallibleвЂ™ try to further extend the art-rock posturing of Binaural neither fully succeeds. This ultimately becomes the chief complaint here: four years and this is the best they got? A collection of mid-tempo rockers that semi-lazily stomp around in an attempt to display maturity paired with half-cooked experimentalism? вЂGetaway,вЂ™ вЂMy FatherвЂ™s SonвЂ™ and the title track are all dad-rock in the worst way: lukewarm guitar licks over percussion that plods around without fear of waking the neighbours. That is to say, thereвЂ™s no inherently bad songwriting here, but most of it isnвЂ™t particularly interesting, either. This, of course, is why Lightning Bolt, much like its predecessor Backspacer, stands in such stark contrast to PJвЂ™s best work. It was their angriest album вЂ“ musically and lyrically вЂ“ since Vs. On Pearl Jam, they were irate at the state of things and it showed. Thing is, the life-blood of Pearl JamвЂ™s best music has been either a combination of tension and angst or outright anger (and sometimes both.) ItвЂ™s the reason the only truly gripping music theyвЂ™ve released since Yield was found on their self-titled album from 2006.

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