Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild Album

In the Into the Wild album Eddie Vedder tells the tragic story of a young man who runs away from a dysfunctional family to backpack across the country, only to perish in the Alaska wilderness. Vedder’s powerful baritone and earthy, folksy music are the perfect complements to this tale of a free spirit who is actually motivated by pain and sorrow. The themes of alienation and self-discovery are reminiscent of practically every other thing Pearl Jam has done, but it is good to see Vedder experimenting out on his own again. There couldn’t have been a better marriage of story and music in a contemporary American movie.