The atmospheric tracks, mostly featuring somber lyrics dealing with social criticism, led the band to convey these themes with images of nebulas in the album artwork. The music on the album featured an experimental sound, evident on songs that used binaural recording techniques. This is Pearl Jam's first album to feature former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, who joined during 1998's Yield Tour to replace Jack Irons. During the production of the album, the band encountered hindrances such as singer Eddie Vedder's writer's block, and guitarist Mike McCready's entrance into rehabilitation due to an addiction to prescription drugs. Following a full-scale tour in support of its previous album, Yield (1998), Pearl Jam took a short break before reconvening toward the end of 1999 to begin work on a new album. They cancelled their performances and gave up on playing festivals until 2007, when they played at Lollapalooza.Binaural is the sixth studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released May 16, 2000, through Epic Records. Pearl Jam stopped the show and were shocked by the episode. Nine fans were trampled to death in a mosh pit during the band's performance including three Danes, three Swedes, a German, an Australian and a Dutch man. When the band took the stage, their appearance incited a literal stampede, trapping unfortunate attendees under a sea of muddy people. The greatest tragedy occured June 30, at the annual Roskilde Festival in Copenhagen. To this maturation, some tragic events would happen between 20. This different idea was raw on the album, and it would be only matured on the next album, Riot Act. This last one was not seen exactly as a deep, forgotten, complicated and maybe unrequited feeling, but as some kind of salvation. The album addresses themes like war, peace, violence, autority abuse, discomfort in life and love. The atmosphere of recording was little shaken, because Mike was in rehab due his problem and Matt Cameron replaced Jack Irons who left during the Yield Tour. Due to production difficulties, the band once again worked with O'Brien, who mixed the heavier songs while Blake kept his work on the slower ones. The band, at first, wasn't recording with Brendan O' Brien, but hired Tchad Blake, who was known for using the technique of binaural recording. In a change that happened since Yield, all band members were coming up with their parts after individual work, and this forgetfullness of Vedder was an obstacle to closing the album. Eddie was suffering with writer's block, not a disease, but was having difficulties on coming up with the lyrics, a role he always held with predominance. Mike, who suffers from Crohn's Disease, was having a peak on his illness and got addicted to the prescripted drugs. According to Mike McCready, the band was less popular than ever, and it's widely known that the fall of the popularity of the 90's rock bands, especially from Seattle, gave space to mainstream media substitute them, something that even the bands contributed to. The dark times of Binaural are the connection of multiple events that led Pearl Jam to face many obstacles, some of them inside the band and others as big tragedies that would change their lives forever.
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