Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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%#*! Andrew Watt
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And a 2 minute single does not go very far for those counting down the days
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Yes, as much as I adore it, it doesn't scratch the itch for me. We've heard under 6 minutes of an album that is over 48 minutes long, with most of what are apparently the best songs still unreleased.
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however frustrating that is, I'm excited about the first album listen being better for it
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True. Just that April 19 (or whenever this leaks) can't come soon enough!
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The whole point your phone at the sky crap really fell flat when they didn’t follow it up with another clip over the weekend. I had forgotten all about it after they released running.


What an absolute bunch of amateurs run their marketing team my god.
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it's so funny
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DDWJMUVW wrote:What an absolute bunch of amateurs run their marketing team my god.
I promise you, they don't care.
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Ms Harmless wrote:it's so funny
It's rather stunning
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Ms Harmless wrote:however frustrating that is, I'm excited about the first album listen being better for it
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Release_Me wrote:Yes, as much as I adore it, it doesn't scratch the itch for me. We've heard under 6 minutes of an album that is over 48 minutes long, with most of what are apparently the best songs still unreleased.
They're making us love the lesser tracks. Kinda brilliant.
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yeah, the marketing has been awful so far. I hope to see them doing interviews on a few podcasts next month. And fucking play Jimmy Fallon or SNL
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pearl jam sucks now
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I'm still looking forward to this even though I've been underwhelmed by the first two tracks and the overall production. Something tells me there will be 4-5 standout tracks based on the band's overall excitement about the writing/recording process.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:yeah, the marketing has been awful so far. I hope to see them doing interviews on a few podcasts next month. And fucking play Jimmy Fallon or SNL
say Jimmy Fallon runs a hostile work environment, maybe they can get his interns to make more tour posters for free!
yeah, why not, i dont give a fuck
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pearl jam sucks now
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Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm still looking forward to this even though I've been underwhelmed by the first two tracks and the overall production. Something tells me there will be 4-5 standout tracks based on the band's overall excitement about the writing/recording process.
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Release_Me wrote:So that listening party in London was a bit of a letdown for us, as far as getting new information/leaks goes. I'm amazed there isn't more coming out from those who attended. The wait for the album release is getting tougher than I'd hoped or expected.
Yeah, I thought it was going to be an inflection point towards getting a lot of new information. Turned out to be a dud (for us).
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i am going to London this july. do you think I should cancel that trip?
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stip wrote:i am going to London this july. do you think I should cancel that trip?
I wouldn't cancel it but I would consider not interacting with the locals. They seem to lack the basic fundamentals of stringing together coherent sentences that we possess.
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