Pearl Jam's recording his new album has reached the halfway point

Pearl Jam's recording his new album has reached the halfway point and the beginning of next year is expected to complete the session.

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Speaking to Rolling Stone, bassist Jeff Ament said that the grunge veterans hace made on their 10th studio LP, a "great, great start".

The band with longtime producer Brendan O'Brien have been recording the album, although they native of Seattle compared to normal, but Los Angeles is working on content - something Ament said has helped them work efficiently.

Ament commented:

We made the bulk of our records in Seattle, so it's just great to get out of Seattle for me. Everybody leaves all their stuff at home and you just go down for 12 days and it's all you do.

He added that the band hit the studio has added a trigger in time when they're promoting their new documentary Pearl Jam Twenty and accompanying book.

Ament remarked, "It's been really important for us that in the middle of all this, we got together and recorded a bunch of songs. It sort of gave us a breath to go, 'OK, we can go back and get ready for the show and book and movie and all that stuff'".