Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

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4 Stars
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9%
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%#*! Andrew Watt
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Curious how long the buzz will last. Will we talk about this as much as Gigaton? Less? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
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I will talk the shit out of this album

And we are already doing it so, yes...RM will be a busy place
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VinylGuy wrote:I will talk the shit out of this album

And we are already doing it so, yes...RM will be a busy place
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I'm trying to recall...

I think RM is where I got Riot Act several months early (fall 2003?)... and the 5 or 6 song Avacado rough cut seemed well in advance of the album as well.

5H was pretty much gone by 2003,right?
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Like always at a new album cycle I go back and spend sometime with previous albums. So yesterday I revised my least favorite. Lightning Bolt . Least favorite doesn't mean I don't enjoy it I do. Listening yesterday I realized something about it. That is its not really a rock record. I started to hear much more as a pop record. The middle stretch Sirens,Lb and Infallible are just pure pop to my ears as is the final 4. Pendulum My Father's Son and Mym offer some sort of a line back to 94, but it isn't direct that's for sure.
Dark Matter by all accounts isn't coming across as a pop record at all. Which I think bodes well . There will always be pop moments. Ed and Stone are both obviously influenced greatly by pop. My sense is this will be a bit of a mix of S/T and Riot Act in scope.
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Tj wrote:Like always at a new album cycle I go back and spend sometime with previous albums. So yesterday I revisited my least favorite. Lightning Bolt . Least favorite doesn't mean I don't enjoy it I do. Listening yesterday I realized something about it. That is its not really a rock record. I started to hear much more as a pop record. The middle stretch Sirens,Lb and Infallible are just pure pop to my ears as is the final 4. Pendulum My Father's Son and Mym offer some sort of a line back to 94, but it isn't direct that's for sure.
Dark Matter by all accounts isn't coming across as a pop record at all. Which I think bodes well . There will always be pop moments. Ed and Stone are both obviously influenced greatly by pop. My sense is this will be a bit of a mix of S/T and Riot Act in scope.
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yeah I don't really mind "iffy" pop production if we're getting some Binaural / Riot Act influence; that could create some welcome (if not intentional) paradoxical push and pull in the sound, and do it more successfully than Lightning Bolt did
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liebzz wrote:Curious how long the buzz will last. Will we talk about this as much as Gigaton? Less? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
I've really enjoyed the first two songs and looking forward to chatting more about the rest.

I had to take a break though because all the talk became overly negative, which I understand and respect as part of this place and the process.

Still, needed to just sit with these tunes on my own for a bit.

In terms of revisiting old music, I listened to I got Id / Long Road the other day....my goodness that is just perfect. :heartbeat:
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Coach wrote:
liebzz wrote:Curious how long the buzz will last. Will we talk about this as much as Gigaton? Less? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
I've really enjoyed the first two songs and looking forward to chatting more about the rest.

I had to take a break though because all the talk became overly negative, which I understand and respect as part of this place and the process.

Still, needed to just sit with these tunes on my own for a bit.

In terms of revisiting old music, I listened to I got Id / Long Road the other day....my goodness that is just perfect. :heartbeat:
Some listening party reviewers mentioned that a couple of new songs reminded them of old 90s PJ so…

Anyways we’ll see in just a few weeks.
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Oversize wrote:I'm trying to recall...

I think RM is where I got Riot Act several months early (fall 2003?)... and the 5 or 6 song Avacado rough cut seemed well in advance of the album as well.

5H was pretty much gone by 2003,right?
yeah, i think they kept the concert cronology for a while but thats it
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Coach wrote:
liebzz wrote:Curious how long the buzz will last. Will we talk about this as much as Gigaton? Less? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
I've really enjoyed the first two songs and looking forward to chatting more about the rest.

I had to take a break though because all the talk became overly negative, which I understand and respect as part of this place and the process.

Still, needed to just sit with these tunes on my own for a bit.


In terms of revisiting old music, I listened to I got Id / Long Road the other day....my goodness that is just perfect. :heartbeat:
I wish I'd done this much earlier than I did
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liebzz wrote:Curious how long the buzz will last. Will we talk about this as much as Gigaton? Less? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
All signs point to this being more divisive than Gigaton so it will generate a ton of debate
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Debate by RM standar that is.

Fierce debate.
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pearl jam sucks now
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Jorge wrote:
liebzz wrote:Curious how long the buzz will last. Will we talk about this as much as Gigaton? Less? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
All signs point to this being more divisive than Gigaton so it will generate a ton of debate
You think? My plan is to bitch hard for about a week then never think of it again.
and yet, the forum will go on
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Jorge wrote:
liebzz wrote:Curious how long the buzz will last. Will we talk about this as much as Gigaton? Less? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
All signs point to this being more divisive than Gigaton so it will generate a ton of debate
You think? My plan is to bitch hard for about a week then never think of it again.
Who are you kidding?
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pearl jam sucks now
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Jorge wrote:
liebzz wrote:Curious how long the buzz will last. Will we talk about this as much as Gigaton? Less? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
All signs point to this being more divisive than Gigaton so it will generate a ton of debate
Gigaton poll has 81% 4+ stars. Tall order to reach that level of consensus again.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Jorge wrote:
liebzz wrote:Curious how long the buzz will last. Will we talk about this as much as Gigaton? Less? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
All signs point to this being more divisive than Gigaton so it will generate a ton of debate
You think? My plan is to bitch hard for about a week then never think of it again.
pff dude you are still bitching about pretty much everything PJ related

at this point they are like water to you
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pearl jam sucks now
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