Dark Matter (song)

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Homeboyd wrote:Surprised how much I enjoyed this song after not really liking the snippet. Don’t think it’s a great PJ song in the classic vein but it certainly has more focus and immediacy than anything they’ve done in awhile. Seems like a modern PJ take on a Binaural song to me. Also really like that Ed sits back in the mix a bit and is borderline indecipherable on the first listen…
I can honestly look back to the best of PJ, like "Go", and say that I didn't have a clue what most of the words were until I read the lyrics; Ed has always had the "another instrument" approach to singing and still does; at his best I do think he really cares about lyrics but mainly it was the vibes... always the vibes
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Val wrote:
tree_ wrote:did anybody else want Ed to go "ewww WA-Ah-Ah-Ah!" after the intro drums before the guitars come in?
I kind of wanted him to "freestyle" through the last chorus instead of going note for note :oops:
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tree_ wrote:
Oh this is what you meant!
Ha-ha, yeah that checks out :D
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tree_ wrote:
This sounds pretty great! Love the echo
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I don't get the hype here, nor do I get the bad reviews elsewhere.
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tree_ wrote:

This is disturbing
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good enough for me. enjoyed Gigaton quite a bit, love DoTC, this is a nice little banger though.

Solo bursts out real nice, once someone deciphered the lyrics I really enjoy the "this blame...takes shape...still everybody else pays.."

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Haven’t checked the lyrics yet but I’m loving the chorus a lot.

Once again they throw a lyric or line that a very deep meaning to something’s that’s happening in my life
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Ed just sounds so silly.. i honestly think he should just retire.. the band does sound pretty good though
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tree_ wrote:Ed just sounds so silly.. i honestly think he should just retire.. the band does sound pretty good though
go to bed Tree
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Honestly, I'm not that enthusiastic about it. Better lead single than DotC for sure. From the snippets, I had hoped it went actually somewhere. It's a little same-y for my taste. Eddie's vox are the low point for sure. The solo is cool, tho. For this whole "return to form" talk, PJ never really sounded like this before. So, it's a little weird to me. If this was some other band and not PJ, I might laugh at it. Ah, well. Still interested in the album as a whole.
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Ms Harmless wrote:
tree_ wrote:Ed just sounds so silly.. i honestly think he should just retire.. the band does sound pretty good though
go to bed Tree
it's 9am!

i'm sorry.. i can't hear ed in a song like this without giggling or turning it off because it's hurting my ears .. i want him to be good, i really do.. but it's just plain bad, in my opinion
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RAG319 wrote:Honestly, I'm not that enthusiastic about it. Better lead single than DotC for sure. From the snippets, I had hoped it went actually somewhere. It's a little same-y for my taste. Eddie's vox are the low point for sure. The solo is cool, tho. For this whole "return to form" talk, PJ never really sounded like this before. So, it's a little weird to me. If this was some other band and not PJ, I might laugh at it. Ah, well. Still interested in the album as a whole.
you think this is better than DOTC but you don't like it

what were you wanting?
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tree_ wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:
tree_ wrote:Ed just sounds so silly.. i honestly think he should just retire.. the band does sound pretty good though
go to bed Tree
it's 9am!

i'm sorry.. i can't hear ed in a song like this without giggling or turning it off because it's hurting my ears .. i want him to be good, i really do.. but it's just plain bad, in my opinion
Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man
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Brother the cloud or The Dark are way better than DM.

And DotC is too, of course.
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Ms Harmless wrote:
RAG319 wrote:Honestly, I'm not that enthusiastic about it. Better lead single than DotC for sure. From the snippets, I had hoped it went actually somewhere. It's a little same-y for my taste. Eddie's vox are the low point for sure. The solo is cool, tho. For this whole "return to form" talk, PJ never really sounded like this before. So, it's a little weird to me. If this was some other band and not PJ, I might laugh at it. Ah, well. Still interested in the album as a whole.
you think this is better than DOTC but you don't like it

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tree_ wrote:Ed just sounds so silly.. i honestly think he should just retire.. the band does sound pretty good though
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Val wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:
RAG319 wrote:Honestly, I'm not that enthusiastic about it. Better lead single than DotC for sure. From the snippets, I had hoped it went actually somewhere. It's a little same-y for my taste. Eddie's vox are the low point for sure. The solo is cool, tho. For this whole "return to form" talk, PJ never really sounded like this before. So, it's a little weird to me. If this was some other band and not PJ, I might laugh at it. Ah, well. Still interested in the album as a whole.
you think this is better than DOTC but you don't like it

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I like this song more and more. Reminds me of Vs/Vitalogy eras but yet still sounds like something new and fresh. Best first single since World Wide Suicide.
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