And it was all going so well, sighs Stone Gossard. Back in March, Pearl Jam were all set to detonate Gigaton: a Trump-baiting eleventh studio album that would have shaken the stadiums on that month’s North American tour. But then the real bombshell landed, sending the 54-year-old guitarist into a world of enforced domesticity and screwball comedies. Now gearing up for the release of his debut record with Painted Shield, Gossard fills us in.