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Add the andPOP Facebook Application(andPOP) - The members of Pearl Jam have started work on their ninth studio album, and they've re-teamed with veteran producer Brendan O'Brien for the project.
Guitarist Mike McCready told Rolling Stone the band has been working on early demos and is still deciding what direction to take, though they hope to have the record out in 2008.
"It’s really in its infant stages right now," he said. "We have about five ideas that have been worked on."
The new record reunites Pearl Jam with O'Brien (Rage Against the Machine, Bruce Springsteen), with whom they collaborated on 1998's "Yield," 1996's "No Code," 1994's "Vitalogy," and 1993's "Vs."
They also worked together last year on Pearl Jam's cover of the Who's "Love Reign O'er Me," which appeared on the soundtrack to the film "Reign Over Me."
"Brendan is another set of ears that we respect, and he’s going to give us a different way to go but I don’t know what that is yet," McCready said.
The band has already met up with O'Brien for one session and will likely continue work on the album after wrapping up their upcoming U.S. tour. The 13-date run will see the band hitting various venues on the East Coast from June 11 to 30.
