Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[RAG319]

Man, Pearl Jam with super-contemporary production sounds so weird to me. Really need to hear the whole album.

[E.H. Ruddock]

yeah that sounds pretty cool

until Ed starts singing

he's singing throughout

The one note that came on before I heard him was good!

[Strat]

Geezes christ, and im sorry, but the drums sound the exact fucking same as earthlings and that is so messed up. Two very distinct legend drummers, reduced to a single sound with zero character distinction between them.

Eds vocals seem buried as well and not succinct.

But, lots of potential. Still excited!

[E.H. Ruddock]

Hey stip, what songs in the Pearl Jam catalog are better than that clip of Running?

[tommy]

Word salad is back on the menu.

[Ms Harmless]

"...'cos we left the fucking water running"

[McParadigm]

Word salad is back on the menu.

Bring me my fork, peasant

[Val]

Sound like a opener and not heavy enough for Running. Sounds like a Stone riff

I think it is Running

It says so on the side

Running

[Leatherhead]

"...'cos we left the fucking water running"

[vedder316]

Is there a new clip after the something special clip? Sounds like you are talking about something new...

they posted to their social media. darkmatter.pearljam.com. enter that, point your phone to the sky, and unreleased shit starts playing apparently. I'm in an office currently, but people seem excited

[Ms Harmless]

Geezes christ, and im sorry, but the drums sound the exact fucking same as earthlings and that is so messed up. Two very distinct legend drummers, reduced to a single sound with zero character distinction between them.

Eds vocals seem buried as well and not succinct.

But, lots of potential. Still excited!

buried Ed vocals is good, but I agree with you about the drums

[Ms Harmless]

"...'cos we left the fucking water running"

it sounds like "the sewage is the problem 'cos we..."

I wonder how close I'll be

[Ms Harmless]

do you think Ed had plumbers at his mansion when he wrote this?

[Strat]

Geezes christ, and im sorry, but the drums sound the exact fucking same as earthlings and that is so messed up. Two very distinct legend drummers, reduced to a single sound with zero character distinction between them.

Eds vocals seem buried as well and not succinct.

But, lots of potential. Still excited!

buried Ed vocals is good, but I agree with you about the drums

perhaps its not even the buriedness about them, sounds like he's not fully enunciating his words and hsi breathiness is to new levels. Not sure yet!

[digster]

That transition into that chorus (or whatever the second section is) has some pretty big modern rock radio vibes.

[Strat]

Also, was that the song stone mentioned Ed was almost rapping? I think its more that then word salad. I like the cadence and then it opens up more sparsely in the next set. Awesome

[Ledbetterdays]

You can hear a little of the band chorus chant at the very beginning that Stone mentions in his interview. This is the one that was supposedly Lukin-esque so word salad would make sense. My initial reaction to this was positive which was not so much the case with Something Special so I will take that as a win. Also, when did Pearl Jam conversation become so drum-centric--not the drummers but the sounds?

[Val]

Does he say “hanging from the gallows”?

[Ms Harmless]

since Trag

[ABNorman]

That clip is good, but it seems suspiciously like a bridge, so there could still be plenty of spritz on this one.