Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

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56%
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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2 Star
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%#*! Andrew Watt
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Stone wrote: ‘Setting Sun’ is an epic closer. Did it naturally feel like the perfect way to end the album?

We were looking for a vibe that felt percussive and cool and a little bit hypnotic without trying to get to any huge destination,
cool! like WMA
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pearl jam sucks now
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interesting.
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Fattie_Vedder wrote:https://youtu.be/SB0h1tMjRSk?si=
Jeff still in there with the kick.

Not a true isolation and there are really smart tools out there to get something good, they just cost money.
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Aunt_Claire_Foy wrote:
Fattie_Vedder wrote:https://youtu.be/SB0h1tMjRSk?si=
Jeff still in there with the kick.

Not a true isolation and there are really smart tools out there to get something good, they just cost money.
I thought I heard some of that too. Does that contribute to the dampened sound too? Because the drums sound terrible here.

But Matt’s playing is incredible. So many wonderful things he’s doing.
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Cancelled my preorder after hearing the snippets… that production does not do these songs any favours. I had a fear when I hear that Watt was producing after listening to Ed’s solo album but thought PJs songwriting would shine through. This sounds like brickwalling gone awry
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Scared Of Fear (Gossard/Vedder)
React/respond (ament/Vedder)
Wreckage (watt/Vedder)
Dark Matter (Cameron/Vedder)
Won’t Tell (Ament/Vedder)
Upper Hand (Gossard/Vedder)
Waiting For Stevie (Watt/Vedder)
Running (ament/Vedder)
Something Special (klinghoffer/Vedder)
Good To Give (Vedder)
Setting Sun (????)

Purely on the spin article
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Can you get a full song credit, for coming up with only the drums on Dark Matter?
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if your drum pattern is foundational to the writing, yes
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Wreckage (watt/Vedder)
Where did this come from?

Edit: Ignore that, found it
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Got Some wrote:Scared Of Fear (Gossard/Vedder)
React/respond (ament/Vedder)
Wreckage (watt/Vedder)
Dark Matter (Cameron/Vedder)
Won’t Tell (Ament/Vedder)
Upper Hand (Gossard/Vedder)
Waiting For Stevie (Watt/Vedder)
Running (ament/Vedder)
Something Special (klinghoffer/Vedder)
Good To Give (Vedder)
Setting Sun (????)

Purely on the spin article
Nah the whole band is credited on DM
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I'm pretty happy that Dark Matter, Something Special and Running are not really named as the standouts so far. I think the best things are still to come.

I'm a bit of an annoying purist though and don't like Josh and Watt being involved in this capacity. Would be funny if Watt gets as many writing credits as Stone.
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Thanks Anders. First two archive posts are updated
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I thought it was kinda funny that Stone says Something Special was more of an Ed song. For me it’s a code for “it sucks”.

Kinda reminded me of Kim and Ben of SG talking about Halfway There when King Animal came out

“Yeah that’s Chris song, we did some stuff all over it and it was done”
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lol yeah that was funny
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VinylGuy wrote:I thought it was kinda funny that Stone says Something Special was more of an Ed song. For me it’s a code for “it sucks”.

Kinda reminded me of Kim and Ben of SG talking about Halfway There when King Animal came out

“Yeah that’s Chris song, we did some stuff all over it and it was done”
That song really stood out like a sore thumb. Great album tho.
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stip wrote:Thanks Anders. First two archive posts are updated
Thank you
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igotworms wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:I thought it was kinda funny that Stone says Something Special was more of an Ed song. For me it’s a code for “it sucks”.

Kinda reminded me of Kim and Ben of SG talking about Halfway There when King Animal came out

“Yeah that’s Chris song, we did some stuff all over it and it was done”
That song really stood out like a sore thumb. Great album tho.
Weeeeeeell I don’t know.
Taree is the only recognizable SG song on this otherwise forgettable collection of songs
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pearl jam sucks now
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