Pearl Jam have scattered nine pieces of Backspacer album art that all over the internet today for an interesting little scavenger hunt. Head over to Pearl Jam’s official site and add the image to the set of nine snapshot spaces, and once you find them all, there’s a spicy little prize waiting at the end.
Backspacer’s artwork was produced by a friend of the band, political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow. “The artwork collaboration between Tom Tomorrow and the band for this album is so compelling, we felt like it deserved its own online gallery showcase,” said Tim Bierman, manager of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club and all-around kickass guy. The band’s ninth LP is due out September 20th.
Get your clicks on and your finds will be transported to a puzzle layout site, where the first Backspacer single The Fixer does it’s autoplay thing as you stare at nine empty slots, or however many you have left. It’s your job to to find what other websites are carrying the remainder of the artwork. When you’re finished jumping through all those hoops, you’ll win yourself a brand-spankin’-new… well, we won’t ruin the surprise, but we can get you started on your way. We did some of the homework for you, however, and found the nine artwork pieces (see below) – but you’re going to have to dig your own way through to the end of this rainbow.
Backspacer was produced by Brendan O’Brien, who’s back behind the boards for the band for the first time since 1998’s Yield. Most die-hard PJ dans credit O’Brien for pulling the very best out of the band (as evidenced by his work on their best albums, Yield, Vs. and No Code).
Click the pics to enlarge, of course.
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July 29th, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Reminds me of something a certain band did very recently.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Despite my temptations, I decided not to throw Muse under the comparative bus (a ridiculous goose-chase for a hypothetical, fictional UN scenario involving multiple continents and lots of drama for individual snippets of a song that sounds like a bad Queen ripoff), but the cat’s out of the bag now, eh?
July 29th, 2009 at 11:57 AM
ha ha…………nice response Johnny Firecloud!
July 29th, 2009 at 12:03 PM
[...] you can see them all in a small composite we found at Wikipedia as well as the bigger images at antiquiet. My point being: If you find them all, which doesn’t seem so hard, you may get a small sense [...]
July 29th, 2009 at 1:01 PM
[...] hunt: Bits of the art are showing up on nine different sites as we speak. See them separately at antiquiet and (spoiler) united in the small composite accompanying this post. If you do decide to visit each [...]
July 29th, 2009 at 1:13 PM
spinner
spin
nme
yahoo
wired
kerrang
rollingstone
drownedinsound
jambase
July 29th, 2009 at 4:38 PM
[...] brand new song to download from the album. Up top is the finished product, thanks to our friends at Antiquiet, but going to their site won’t get you the song. You have to put in a little work. The art [...]
July 30th, 2009 at 12:18 PM
[...] hunt: Bits of the art are showing up on nine different sites as we speak. See them separately at antiquiet and (spoiler) united in the small composite accompanying this post. If you do decide to visit each [...]
July 30th, 2009 at 7:15 PM
where is it on yahoo and nme?
August 15th, 2009 at 9:12 AM
[...] devem ser reunidas no site oficial do Pearl Jam. As ilustrações estão em sites como o Stereogum, Antiquiet e o blog da Rolling Stone americana. Ao encontrar a imagem, o fã deverá clicar sobre ela e será [...]