Pearl Jam's new Punk-inspired single 'Running' has picked up the pace

Pearl Jam's gearing up to release their Dark Matter album in less than a month, and on Friday (March 22), the band got fans excited by sharing another single off the project. "Running" is a fast-paced, punk-inspired track and is led by bassist Jeff Ament.

“Jeff had the main parts for that one, and we worked it over as a band,” guitarist Stone Gossard told SPIN in a recent interview. “I love the bridge. I don’t know what the h*** those chords are that [guitarist] Mike [McCready]’s playing, but it sounds original. It’s one of the last ones we recorded at Shangri-La, and it was fun to come up with one more up tempo song. Ed’s vocal dexterity here and on a few other spots on the album is just stunning.”

Listen to Pearl Jam's first released single for the upcoming album, Dark Matter.

This article was first published by iHeartRadio and is republished here with edits and permission.