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Pearl Jam's evolution refuses to 'Yield' to time

Write “Jeremy.” Merit fame. Write “Animal.” Flex. Write “Not For You.” Prod. Write “Red Mosquito.” Bleed brilliance. And then keep going: this week Pearl Jam gives the world Yield, their fifth album and a worthy enrichment of their own heady tradition.

Looking forward to it, were you? What if you heard that Pearl Jam was going to try to combine some “Blood”style Ed Vedder screams, environmentalist lyrics, and stripped fuzz-guitar-all interrupted by a church hymn interlude—into a song na…

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