Safe in the Car

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"Safe in the Car"
Song by Jeff Ament
from the album Heaven/Hell
Released19 April 2018
Genre Alternative rock
Length3:19
Label Monkeywrench
Songwriter(s) Jeff Ament
Producer(s) Greg Twigg

"Safe in the Car" is a song by the American musician Jeff Ament. It was first released as a music video on YouTube on 19 April 2018 and later on his third studio album Heaven/Hell three weeks later. Aments Pearl Jam bandmates Matt Cameron and Mike McCready played drums and guitar on the song respectively. Singer Angel Olsen collaborated too.

Jeff Ament musician, songwriter

Jeffrey Allen Ament is an American musician and songwriter who serves as the bassist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. He is considered to be one of the greatest rock bassists of all time.

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Pearl Jam American band

Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Seattle, Washington. The band's current lineup comprises founding members Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament (bass) and Matt Cameron (drums). Keyboardist Boom Gaspar has also been a session/touring member with the band since 2002. Drummers Jack Irons, Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain and Dave Abbruzzese are former members of the band.

Contents

Background

Ament, in an interview with Rolling Stone, said about the music video: I was seeing Cormac McCarthy's The Road – you're driving to the coast and you're trying to get away from the nuclear winter and you have your dogs in the car and you're just trying to escape this horrible apocalypse that just happened. [1] On his collaboration with Olsen Ament told NME , "when we were doing this song I kept hearing a woman’s voice on the chorus and I thought, ‘Man it would be great if I could get somebody to sing that’. I asked Angel if she would be up for doing it and she had a couple of days off in-between the tour and we were finishing the song up. It takes that chorus and the desperation to the next level, so great call". [2]

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Cormac McCarthy American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter

Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He has written ten novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and post-apocalyptic genres.

<i>The Road</i> (2009 film) 2009 film directed by John Hillcoat

The Road is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic survival film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy. The film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and his son in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Ament said the first thing that came to his mind when asked what he wanted the video to look like was "grindhouse". He stated that he "always loved the super high-contrast, dark look of that. It's the world coming to an end and trying to have a sense of humor about it." Ament directed the clip, with Greg Twigg producing and Mark Shogren as director of photography, who both provided "more of the disturbing look" seen in the video. [3] Loudwire described the video as Ament behind the wheel attempting to "flee floods, fires, glacial advancement, mudslides and more that are hot on his trail". [3]

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Reviews

Spin called it an "unwieldy tune - a weird bromide of chugging alt-rock and orchestral ambience...it’s a garish but simple little clip featuring close-ups of Ament singing while, quite literally, safe in a car". [4] Paste said the "confident, string-filled track is the perfect song for strutting the streets with Olsen’s hazy, silky vocals, Ament’s distorted snarls and McCready’s warped, swaggering electric guitar riffs". [5] Consequence of Sound stated it's "a strange bit of alternative, the verses progressing with a Primus-like stalk until the choruses break with a sort of haunted beauty". [6]

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Personnel

Matt Cameron American drummer

Matthew David Cameron is an American musician who is the drummer for Pearl Jam. After getting his start with the Seattle, Washington-based bands Bam Bam and Skin Yard, he first gained fame as the drummer for Soundgarden, which he joined in 1986, appeared on every studio album, and remained in until the band's break-up in 1997. In 1998, Cameron was invited to play on Pearl Jam's U.S. Yield Tour. He soon became a permanent member and has remained in the band ever since. In 2010, Soundgarden reunited, and Cameron remained with them until the death of Soundgarden's lead singer Chris Cornell on May 18, 2017 and their subsequent disbandment two years later.

Mike McCready musician, songwriter

Michael David "Mike" McCready is an American musician who serves as the lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members of Pearl Jam. McCready was also a member of the side project bands Flight to Mars, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season and The Rockfords. He is often regarded as one of the most underrated guitarists of all time.

Angel Olsen American musician

Angel Olsen is an American singer-songwriter and musician from St. Louis, Missouri who lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

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References

  1. ↑ Leight, Elias (April 19, 2018). "Hear Pearl Jam Bassist Jeff Ament's Apocalyptic New Solo Song". Rolling Stone.
  2. ↑ Britton, Luke Morgan (May 4, 2018). "Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament talks new solo record, his band's upcoming album and tour, plus Kanye West and Trump". NME .
  3. 1 2 Childers, Chad (April 19, 2018). "Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament Takes a Dystopian Drive In 'Safe in the Car' Video". Loudwire .
  4. ↑ Cook-Wilson, Winston (April 19, 2018). "Video: Ament – 'Safe In the Car'". Spin .
  5. ↑ Manno, Lizzie (April 19, 2018). "Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament Releases Apocalyptic Video for Angel Olsen Collaboration "Safe in the Car"". Paste .
  6. ↑ Kaye, Ben (April 11, 2018). "Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament launches solo project with Angel Olsen-featuring 'Safe in the Car'". Consequence of Sound .
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