Pearl Jam working on new album

Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has told US magazine Billboard that the band are working on a new studio album.

"We did a whole bunch of demos and everybody's got a disc of 25 [potential songs]," said Ament. "April will be the time where we get together and learn to play all these demos and figure out which 12 to 15 of them float to the top. Hopefully we can get something done this year."

"There's been so much focus on the past that I think all of us are really excited to make a new record," he continued.

Frontman Eddie Vedder will also be releasing his as-of-yet untitled second solo album this coming June.