Omunye wabasindile be-grunge wama-90s, I-Pearl Jam, iyaqhubeka nokuba nempilo enhle kakhulu. Ngaphezu kohambo lwakhe olungenakugwemeka emhlabeni jikelele, iqembu eliholwa ngu-Eddie Vedder liyaqhubeka nokukhipha amarekhodi.
NgoSepthemba 22, uBackspacer uzongena ezitolo zomculo, i-albhamu yesithupha yeqembu likaSeattle. Lona ngumsebenzi wokuqala owenzelwe ilebula Amarekhodi we-Universal / Island, ngemuva kokuhamba kwe- I-Sony Umkhiqizi ubesebenzisana naye isikhathi eside futhi ebazi isikhathi eside ngePearl Jams: UBrendan O'Brien, obhekene nomsebenzi wokuqala weqembu.
Eyokuqala ishaya ngesihloko esithi The Fixer kanti izokhishwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-Agasti 24., lapho ithengiswa ngefomethi yedijithali. Okwakamuva kusuka ku- IVedder futhi co. Bekuyicwecwe eliziqambela lona, elaphuma eminyakeni emithathu eyedlule, abalandeli abaligubha ngoba beliqonda njengokubuyela emsindweni obenza baziwe.
Okwamanje, iqembu lilungiselela ukuhambela amazwe omhlaba ukukhuthaza iBackspacer. U-Agasti uzoba yinyanga ekhethwe ukuvakashela amadolobha ama-4 aseYurophu (IRotterdam, iBerlin, iManchester neLondon), bese bezobuyela ezweni labo lokuzalwa ukuyoqala uhambo lwaseMelika.