Pearl Jam Prepares to Enter the Studio

Grunge veterans Pearl Jam will enter the studio to continue sessions for their as-yet-untitled ninth studio album.

The album will follow up 2006's self-titled effort for J Records, which was certified gold by the RIAA and has accumulated sales of more than 700,000 copies in the U.S.

According to Rolling Stone, the band will reportedly start a two-week session in Los Angeles with famed producer, Brendan O'Brien (AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen), who produced four previous Pearl Jam albums consecutively, from 1993's Vs. to 1998's Yield.

The sessions will mark the first time since 1996's No Code that the majority of the band's recording process will be done outside their native Seattle. After a handful of instrumental parts were recorded last summer, the band (minus singer Eddie Vedder) also demoed some new material during a recent trip to Montana, Billboard reports.

"The new record feels good so far," Vedder told Rolling Stone. "Really strong and uptempo, stuff we can sink our teeth into."

Pearl Jam is currently without a record label in the U.S., and early indications suggest the album will be self-released, according to UK music magazine NME. However, the band is confident that the album will see a wide release sometime this year.

The band is also putting the finishing touches on a massive reissue of its landmark 1991 debut album, Ten. O'Brien has overseen all remixing sessions for the album, which will see release in four different forms on March 24 via Epic/Legacy records.

The reissues will add several bonus demos and live tracks, and will also be released as downloadable tracks on the popular video game, Rock Band.