Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[oneway23]

Riot Act is the warmest, most analog-y sounding record they've made. I love the Jack records too but a lot of the production has to do with the fact that Jack used Ludwig supraphonic (aluminum) snares. Matt prefers darker sounding snare drums (copper etc). The snare drum alone can change the whole sound.

Slightly ot, but, then again, Jack Irons is never off-topic...LOVE that snare sound on the Jack records

[E.H. Ruddock]

Whoever said Pearl Jam doesn’t care (at least to trag levels) about the production on their records is likely correct.

Still waiting on pics of trag and strat with their Grammys tho.

Lots of shitty music wins grammys though, dude.

[Ms Harmless]

Riot Act is the warmest, most analog-y sounding record they've made. I love the Jack records too but a lot of the production has to do with the fact that Jack used Ludwig supraphonic (aluminum) snares. Matt prefers darker sounding snare drums (copper etc). The snare drum alone can change the whole sound.

Matt's snare drum choice has a LOT more to do with the sound of these drums than some here think

Agreed. Which is why I don't worry about it too much. If the songs and performances are good, I'm stoked. In a perfect world, their production would be flawless. But that ship sailed long ago with them.

pretty much yep

[Strat]

Whoever said Pearl Jam doesn’t care (at least to trag levels) about the production on their records is likely correct.

Still waiting on pics of trag and strat with their Grammys tho.

Lots of shitty music wins grammys though, dude.

unless you have won an award, you must shut up about such things! So, everyone shut up

[oneway23]

Whoever said Pearl Jam doesn’t care (at least to trag levels) about the production on their records is likely correct.

Still waiting on pics of trag and strat with their Grammys tho.

Lots of shitty music wins grammys though, dude.

unless you have won an award, you must shut up about such things! So, everyone shut up

Can't talk about the EPL or Man United...I'm a cripple who has never kicked a football

[Val]

Whoever said Pearl Jam doesn’t care (at least to trag levels) about the production on their records is likely correct.

Still waiting on pics of trag and strat with their Grammys tho.

Lots of shitty music wins grammys though, dude.

unless you have won an award, you must shut up about such things! So, everyone shut up

unless you've given head you can't comment on the quality of blowjobs




(sorry)

[Ms Harmless]

unless you've tunnelled you can't talk about funnels

[oneway23]

Whoever said Pearl Jam doesn’t care (at least to trag levels) about the production on their records is likely correct.

Still waiting on pics of trag and strat with their Grammys tho.

Lots of shitty music wins grammys though, dude.

unless you have won an award, you must shut up about such things! So, everyone shut up

unless you've given head you can't comment on the quality of blowjobs

I mean...honestly though, the unmitigated audacity of people who just put the head in their mouth and jerk you off...
Don't shit on my leg and then tell me it's not dark matter.

[scrub12]

Running is the best clip from the album so far. That one has me hyped.

This thread does not.

[DDWJMUVW]

Riot Act is the warmest, most analog-y sounding record they've made. I love the Jack records too but a lot of the production has to do with the fact that Jack used Ludwig supraphonic (aluminum) snares. Matt prefers darker sounding snare drums (copper etc). The snare drum alone can change the whole sound.

Matt's snare drum choice has a LOT more to do with the sound of these drums than some here think

Agreed. Which is why I don't worry about it too much. If the songs and performances are good, I'm stoked. In a perfect world, their production would be flawless. But that ship sailed long ago with them.

I’m much more concerned about the WAY they play their instruments (effects choices, tuning, cadence, intonation, etc). They’ve made a lot of wrong choices in the past (to my ears), and there is no greater example than grievance (album version). Production and mixing is not unimportant, but to me the biggest difference so far is that I’m really liking the way these tracks sound at the ground level. Sure, I could make some improvements to fit my personal taste but by and large, they are doing these songs justice. Of course, a lot left to be revealed.

[mvw]

Hard to tell much about the production from that very low quality clip

Or maybe that's just what it sounds like, lol

Judging a song's production based on a screen recording posted on twitter and then saying how production/sound quality is so important sounds a little funny, I gotta say. That said, we have Dark Matter as a reference and much of what the rockers/heaviers are gonna sound is probably there, as Watt makes very uniform records (sound-wise).

I'm very happy, the band sounds excited, the songs/snippets sound just as authentic as Gigaton/Avocado did and nothing sounds as bad as Avocado/BS/LB (I'd even include the lackluster sound of Riot Act, but that's another can of worms and not decided if it's production or songwriting)

Could there be any aspects of the production being made for dolby atmos that make it sound different on other forms? Serious question, I dont know anything about this but Dark Matter on Atmos sounds alot different from the normal version.

Can anybody give a light on this?

I agree that the Atmos version is how this album is going to be truly meant to be heard. Josh Evans is supposed to be part of that. Dark Matter is a different animal in Atmos vs the standard version. The production sounds so much better.

[Hypnos]

I´m thinking tomorrow another bit, thursday another, and the full song on friday as the new single?

[McParadigm]

Whoever said Pearl Jam doesn’t care (at least to trag levels) about the production on their records is likely correct.

Still waiting on pics of trag and strat with their Grammys tho.

Lots of shitty music wins grammys though, dude.

lmao this is EXACTLY what I’d expect someone who hasn’t won a Grammy to say

[EBowie]

Hard to tell much about the production from that very low quality clip

Or maybe that's just what it sounds like, lol

Judging a song's production based on a screen recording posted on twitter and then saying how production/sound quality is so important sounds a little funny, I gotta say. That said, we have Dark Matter as a reference and much of what the rockers/heaviers are gonna sound is probably there, as Watt makes very uniform records (sound-wise).

I'm very happy, the band sounds excited, the songs/snippets sound just as authentic as Gigaton/Avocado did and nothing sounds as bad as Avocado/BS/LB (I'd even include the lackluster sound of Riot Act, but that's another can of worms and not decided if it's production or songwriting)

Could there be any aspects of the production being made for dolby atmos that make it sound different on other forms? Serious question, I dont know anything about this but Dark Matter on Atmos sounds alot different from the normal version.

Can anybody give a light on this?

I agree that the Atmos version is how this album is going to be truly meant to be heard. Josh Evans is supposed to be part of that. Dark Matter is a different animal in Atmos vs the standard version. The production sounds so much better.

I'm curious about Atmos but I'm a complete noob to it. What is the most basic setup that one would need at home in order to experience Atmos?

[Val]

I'm curious about Atmos but I'm a complete noob to it. What is the most basic setup that one would need at home in order to experience Atmos?

A speaker that has a small Atmos logo on the back

[E.H. Ruddock]

Whoever said Pearl Jam doesn’t care (at least to trag levels) about the production on their records is likely correct.

Still waiting on pics of trag and strat with their Grammys tho.

Lots of shitty music wins grammys though, dude.

lmao this is EXACTLY what I’d expect someone who hasn’t won a Grammy to say

[unLEASHed]

Hard to tell much about the production from that very low quality clip

Or maybe that's just what it sounds like, lol

Judging a song's production based on a screen recording posted on twitter and then saying how production/sound quality is so important sounds a little funny, I gotta say. That said, we have Dark Matter as a reference and much of what the rockers/heaviers are gonna sound is probably there, as Watt makes very uniform records (sound-wise).

I'm very happy, the band sounds excited, the songs/snippets sound just as authentic as Gigaton/Avocado did and nothing sounds as bad as Avocado/BS/LB (I'd even include the lackluster sound of Riot Act, but that's another can of worms and not decided if it's production or songwriting)

Could there be any aspects of the production being made for dolby atmos that make it sound different on other forms? Serious question, I dont know anything about this but Dark Matter on Atmos sounds alot different from the normal version.

Can anybody give a light on this?

I agree that the Atmos version is how this album is going to be truly meant to be heard. Josh Evans is supposed to be part of that. Dark Matter is a different animal in Atmos vs the standard version. The production sounds so much better.

The first time I listened to the Atmos version i noticed the echo in Eds voice coming off “Matter” in the verses, subtle things that make the song alot different. Guitar effects are also more upfront, particularly in the outro.

[stip]

Whoever said Pearl Jam doesn’t care (at least to trag levels) about the production on their records is likely correct.

Still waiting on pics of trag and strat with their Grammys tho.

Lots of shitty music wins grammys though, dude.

lmao this is EXACTLY what I’d expect someone who hasn’t won a Grammy to say

I've won six grammys under various pseudonyms. Only two weren't bullshit.

[EBowie]

I'm curious about Atmos but I'm a complete noob to it. What is the most basic setup that one would need at home in order to experience Atmos?

A speaker that has a small Atmos logo on the back

Thank you.

[WaitingForBluey]

Holy crap, a lot must have happened today (while I was trying to work!) Is it just the new clip of Running that I missed? Or was something else teased too?