Pearl Jam 'spend 30 minutes on lyrics'

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has admitted that he imposed a half an hour time limit on writing lyrics for the band's latest album.

The singer revealed that the technique had been inspired by his bandmates, who wrote sections of the group's new record Backspacer without him.

"What they did do, is put a lot of work into it," Vedder told Radio 1. "The musical ideas were presented a lot closer to song form."

The singer stated that this allowed him to "throw a vocal on [the songs], and a meaning to them immediately".

He added: "Having written for a number of years, a number of records and a number of different reasons, I just can't handle taking more than half an hour.

"If it's not gonna happen quick then I don't wanna do it, because it means there's another one out there that is gonna happen quick, and is gonna hit you like a lightning bolt."