A stark ballad that briefly explodes into a rock jam buried deep in Pearl Jam‘s fourth album No Code – their first album not to go multi-platinum – “Present Tense” is a deep cut. It is their 37th most streamed song – so maybe it’s a little less deep than this No Code fan assumed – but it doesn’t seem to have an official cover by anyone (according to SecondHandSongs). That is, until last year. Continue reading »