Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

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Rank Dark Matter

5 Stars
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56%
4 Stars
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31%
3 Stars
19
9%
2 Stars
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1%
2 Star
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0%
%#*! Andrew Watt
5
2%
 
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I think sometimes they shy away from going to their inherent strengths, maybe out of fear of not coming across as creative or something. That and not wanting to step on each others toes. Too many cooks in the kitchen type of thing. Maybe for this album, Watt took the role as chef and each band member is one of the ingredients and now we have this stellar meal? Or maybe its just close to my lunch time and I'm hungry. :haha:
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bluestate wrote:Between the last 2 Watt interviews, I don't know how anyone could just assume he's a pretentious jackass? He sounds like a guy I would love to hang out with and talk about PJ
absolutely agree, it's just prejudice
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Ms Harmless wrote:sitting in a cinema, 20 minutes to go, totally on my own for now!

I would not be doing this for any other band lol
Enjoy!! Don’t it make you smile
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Ms Harmless wrote:
bluestate wrote:Between the last 2 Watt interviews, I don't know how anyone could just assume he's a pretentious jackass? He sounds like a guy I would love to hang out with and talk about PJ
absolutely agree, it's just prejudice
Yeah he seems like a cool guy to me. People see the shiny clothes and jewelry and jump to conclusions.
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Arthur Morgan wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:sitting in a cinema, 20 minutes to go, totally on my own for now!

I would not be doing this for any other band lol
Enjoy!! Don’t it make you smile
:) :) :)
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EBowie wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:
bluestate wrote:Between the last 2 Watt interviews, I don't know how anyone could just assume he's a pretentious jackass? He sounds like a guy I would love to hang out with and talk about PJ
absolutely agree, it's just prejudice
Yeah he seems like a cool guy to me. People see the shiny clothes and jewelry and jump to conclusions.
they do
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If you are a band how could you not feed off his enthusiasm. He seems very positive. Those interviews are so revealing about the creative process. Really cool and is so complimentary to the talent within the band.
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Ms Harmless wrote:sitting in a cinema, 20 minutes to go, totally on my own for now!

I would not be doing this for any other band lol
Enjoy! Await your impressions
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Branley wrote:Could someone PM me the whereabouts of this album please?
There is no leak. People are listening to cell phone recordings from the record store listening events last Sunday.
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Ms Harmless wrote:sitting in a cinema, 20 minutes to go, totally on my own for now!

I would not be doing this for any other band lol
Not even The 1975?
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If there are people recording this in the theaters, the quality level of cell phone recordings should get a lot better shortly...
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Ms Harmless wrote:sitting in a cinema, 20 minutes to go, totally on my own for now!

I would not be doing this for any other band lol
How are the drums?
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"The Watt-ing drove me mad..."

I'm just waiting for the 19th so we can witness Trag's turn from heel to babyface, when he finally hears the album and admits that he loves it.

Or he could something else.
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Still listening to Giga “it’s alright to say no, be a disappointment in your own home”. What a great line that is
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pearl jam sucks now
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Ms Harmless wrote:sitting in a cinema, 20 minutes to go, totally on my own for now!

I would not be doing this for any other band lol
That sounds amazing. I hope you have it all to yourself.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Release_Me wrote:"The Watt-ing drove me mad..."

I'm just waiting for the 19th so we can witness Trag's turn from heel to babyface, when he finally hears the album and admits that he loves it.

Or he could something else.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Release_Me wrote:"The Watt-ing drove me mad..."

I'm just waiting for the 19th so we can witness Trag's turn from heel to babyface, when he finally hears the album and admits that he loves it.

Or he could something else.
I will adhere to my promise to refrain from commenting for two weeks after the release.
That's no fun. Seriously, do share your thoughts on the songs aside from production. You can always critique the production later.
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pearl jam sucks now
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That's just pure ego, Trag.
Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!
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