{"id":77051,"date":"2026-11-13T13:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T13:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/pearl-jams-mike-mccready-debuts-farewell-to-seasons-title-track\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T13:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T13:06:35","slug":"pearl-jams-mike-mccready-debuts-farewell-to-seasons-title-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/pearl-jams-mike-mccready-debuts-farewell-to-seasons-title-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Jam&#8217;s Mike McCready Debuts &#8216;Farewell to Seasons&#8217; Title Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The musician released the single alongside an animated music video directed by Cyrus Entezam<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/mike-mccready\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mike-mccready\" data-tag=\"mike-mccready\">Mike McCready<\/a> rolled out his latest track \u201cFarewell to Seasons\u201d on Friday, the title track from his upcoming \u201clost\u201d rock opera set for release on Dec. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe single is the first release from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/pearl-jam\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pearl-jam\" data-tag=\"pearl-jam\">Pearl Jam<\/a> musician\u2019s <em>Farewell to Seasons<\/em>, which spans 11 new songs written and was recorded by \u201cDavid Williams,\u201d the fictional lead character in McCready\u2019s accompanying graphic novel, which will be published by Z2. The track also debuted alongside a companion animated music video directed by Cyrus Entezam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDeveloped over the last 20 years, McCready\u2019s work will capture the people that fueled the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/grunge-city-the-seattle-scene-250071\/\"> Seattle music scene in the Eighties<\/a> (and was heralded by a wave of college radio, fanzines, and indie distributors rallying around punk rock) as grunge exploded in the Nineties, forever changing the tight-knit community. \u201c<em>Farewell to Seasons<\/em> unflinchingly shows the brutal cost it had for so many artists and musicians as it captures the lived experience of that seminal era,\u201d reads a press release. \u201cThe glory and the heartbreak as it asks the unanswerable question\u2026 was it worth it?\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mike McCready &quot;Farewell to Seasons&quot;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jSvqfTXkrLM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a statement, McCready previously said, \u201cIt\u2019s a story I\u2019ve been developing for many years, inspired by the creativity, community, and chaos of the Seattle music scene. I\u2019ve had a great time bringing this project to life with Z2, and I hope people enjoy the journey as much as I did creating it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhen detailing <em>Farewell to Seasons<\/em>, Z2\u2019s Editor in Chief, Rantz A. Hoseley said, \u201cHaving been in the heart of the [Northwest] music scene as a journalist in the 1990s, I\u2019ve wanted for years to work on a project that would reflect what it was actually like for the musicians and the fans when \u2018the world came to Seattle.\u2019 I can say, without any hyperbole or exaggeration, that I feel like my entire creative life has led to me being involved with this book, and I feel so blessed to be a part of bringing Mike\u2019s beautiful and poignant story to the world.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-farewell-to-seasons-title-track-1235657381\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The musician released the single alongside an animated music video directed by Cyrus Entezam Mike McCready rolled out his latest track \u201cFarewell to Seasons\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":77052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}