Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

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stip wrote:tool was my number 3 band until 10000 days. then they slipped. i think i only msde it through fear inoculm once. but i loved the shit out of them for a while
Stip, I know Ed's meditations on aging during Lightning Bolt made a strong impression on you.
I felt similarly about MJK on FI.

It's a bit of a monolithic beast, but, once that record gets under your skin....shivers
Pneuma is one of the best songs in their catalog, imo
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pearl jam sucks now
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This King Krule song is killer 'aight.
Spoiler: show
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oneway23 wrote: Pneuma is one of the best songs in their catalog, imo
And a drumming clinic
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I love Descending but don't really care much for the rest. The whole album is way too meandering for me
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Mike wrote:I love Descending but don't really care much for the rest. The whole album is way too meandering for me
Have you listened to Umbra by Kolm?
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Val wrote:
oneway23 wrote: Pneuma is one of the best songs in their catalog, imo
And a drumming clinic
Definitely!

You see the "drum cam" footage they put out around the time of the album's release of Danny Carey playing that live?
Incredible.

Descending is a good one, Mike.
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oneway23 wrote:You see the "drum cam" footage they put out around the time of the album's release of Danny Carey playing that live?
Incredible.
Oh yeah.
It's become a kind of a benchmark in the Youtube community.
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And just quietly, rocking a Larry Legend Jersey. Restepc.
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Higgs wrote:And just quietly, rocking a Larry Legend Jersey. Restepc.
I think he was in full Celtics garb, both jersey and shorts.
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Higgs wrote:And just quietly, rocking a Larry Legend Jersey. Restepc.
Larry Legend, the most soft-spoken, yet incredibly savage, shit-talker in NBA history...What an assassin.
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I got a pair of Legend 33 shorts, with Sesame Street's Big Bird and all.
I'm kind of shy to wear them in public though :)
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oneway23 wrote:
stip wrote:tool was my number 3 band until 10000 days. then they slipped. i think i only msde it through fear inoculm once. but i loved the shit out of them for a while
Stip, I know Ed's meditations on aging during Lightning Bolt made a strong impression on you.
I felt similarly about MJK on FI.

It's a bit of a monolithic beast, but, once that record gets under your skin....shivers
Pneuma is one of the best songs in their catalog, imo
some day i should give it another try. these do seem like songs that will take some time to open up but I only liked a few songs on 10000 Days (which got a lot of time) and that one listen made it clear (to me) that this record was leaning into their most self indulgent impulses. when every song is 8 minutes it asks a lot of you and i was just waiting for that record to end
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Anyway,

Dark Matter by Pearl Jam.

Where the fuck is it???
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stip wrote:
oneway23 wrote:
stip wrote:tool was my number 3 band until 10000 days. then they slipped. i think i only msde it through fear inoculm once. but i loved the shit out of them for a while
Stip, I know Ed's meditations on aging during Lightning Bolt made a strong impression on you.
I felt similarly about MJK on FI.

It's a bit of a monolithic beast, but, once that record gets under your skin....shivers
Pneuma is one of the best songs in their catalog, imo
some day i should give it another try. these do seem like songs that will take some time to open up but I only liked a few songs on 10000 Days (which got a lot of time) and that one listen made it clear (to me) that this record was leaning into their most self indulgent impulses. when every song is 8 minutes it asks a lot of you and i was just waiting for that record to end
Led Zeppelin might say otherwise. Actually, love albums with multiple 8 minute songs and wish Pearl Jam would be brave enough to push that at least once before they are done.
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Val wrote:Anyway,

Dark Matter by Pearl Jam.

Where the fuck is it???
Truth be told, the only reason why Gigaton leaked here last time is because I had the physical CD in my possession almost two weeks out.
I unfortunately no longer have the same relationships, I'm afraid.

The listening parties will free this thing.
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lol “farting cardboard”
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oneway23 wrote: I unfortunately no longer have the same relationships, I'm afraid.
This made me LOL :haha:
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Val wrote:
oneway23 wrote: I unfortunately no longer have the same relationships, I'm afraid.
This made me LOL :haha:
Not me. I'd have the damned album by now! LOL
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