Pearl Jam has been nominated for three 2025 Grammys for music from its latest album, “Dark Matter.”
The record’s title track will compete in two categories – Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song (a songwriters’ honor) – while the full project is in the running for Best Rock Album.
Produced by Andrew Watt, the set marks the band’s first record since 2020’s “Gigaton.”
In 2023, the members of Pearl Jam retreated to Shangri-La Studios in Malibu where they plugged in and wrote and shaped new material by facing one another in the same space and communicated sonically at the highest level; in a burst of inspiration, “Dark Matter” was born in just three weeks.
“I’m getting chills, because I have good memories,” recalled Eddie Vedder when announcing the record. “We’re still looking for ways to communicate. We’re at this time in our lives when you could do it or you could not do it, but we still care about putting something out there that is meaningful and we hopefully think is our best work. No hyperbole, I think this is our best work.”
Pearl Jam played two shows in New Zealand this past week and will wrap up the Dark Matter world tour in Australia before the end of the month.
The 2025 Grammy Awards, officially known as the 67th Grammy Awards, will take place live at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 2, broadcasting live on the CBS Television Network and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+.
2025 Grammy Awards nominees
Best Rock Performance
The Beatles - Now and Then
The Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High)
Green Day - The American Dream Is Killing Me
Idles - Gift Horse
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
St. Vincent - Broken Man
Best Rock Song
"Beautiful People (Stay High)" — Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck Hansen & Daniel Nakamura, songwriters (The Black Keys)
"Broken Man" — Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)
"Dark Matter" — Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
"Dilemma" — Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt, songwriters (Green Day)
"Gift Horse" — Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot, songwriters (IDLES)
Best Rock Album
Happiness Bastards — The Black Crowes
Romance — Fontaines D.C.
Saviors — Green Day
TANGK — IDLES
Dark Matter — Pearl Jam
Hackney Diamonds — The Rolling Stones
No Name — Jack White
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