Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

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%#*! Andrew Watt
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pearl jam sucks now
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"There aren't many (any) really slow ballads or anything like say River Cross or Just Breathe."

Go hard or go mid-tempo?
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The listening party sounds like a blast really.
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pearl jam sucks now
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That album cover though... I just can't unsee it now. I can't be the only one who just sees a flaming, bushy vagina, right?
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bluestate wrote:That album cover though... I just can't unsee it now. I can't be the only one who just sees a flaming, bushy vagina, right?
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bluestate wrote:That album cover though... I just can't unsee it now. I can't be the only one who just sees a flaming, bushy vagina, right?
Well now I can.
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bluestate wrote:That album cover though... I just can't unsee it now. I can't be the only one who just sees a flaming, bushy vagina, right?
I thought it was just sexual frustration
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"No real ballads something special was probably the slowest/least rocking but not a ballad"
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thanks for doing this collating, Release_Me
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Release_Me wrote:"No real ballads something special was probably the slowest/least rocking but not a ballad"
Interesting. Im still on the fence with that one, kinda feel ill be something like future days or the haves.
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Release_Me wrote:"There aren't many (any) really slow ballads or anything like say River Cross or Just Breathe."
I'm happy about this. Give me the rawk!
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People seem to liken these songs back to favorite earlier classics. I'm guessing that is the energetic of the songs but I'm hoping it means there's cool riffs and not just straight power chord fast punk rock
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Agreed. I am really enjoying these but wouldn't want 11 songs of it
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I do like the idea of having an album with no ballad
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I leave here believing more than I had
this album has got no ballad
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Jorge wrote:I leave here believing more than I had
this album has got no ballad
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Strat wrote:People seem to liken these songs back to favorite earlier classics. I'm guessing that is the energetic of the songs but I'm hoping it means there's cool riffs and not just straight power chord fast punk rock
Agree. Punk might be easier for Ed to sing now but groove has always been what sets them apart.
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It’s the eye of Sauron with thingies shooting out of the eye.

And there will be a ballad called Something Special. There will be some fast songs, some slow songs, and songs in between. It will be like Earthling you will see.
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Strat wrote:I'm hoping it means there's cool riffs and not just straight power chord fast punk rock
This x1000
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