Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[Ms Harmless]

70s turf is nothing new for this band.

didn't say it was

[Higgs]

[Force Of Nature]

Anyone else get a bit of Push Me, Pull Me in React, Respond?
Maybe just the sound of that guitar/bass

[spike]

70s turf is nothing new for this band.

didn't say it was

Is Ten their most 70s album solely due to the Alive solo being a note for note ripoff of an Ace Frehley solo?

[Mike]

I see similarities, especially to the live version with the sung chorus

[stip]

Hey all. I'll have more complete and coherent thoughts tomorrow.

I'll just say the overall impression that this is more Yield than anything else in the last 26 years is pretty valid. The first listen in my theater was really left-front-centric. Meaning, you didn't hear the other speakers much except for layered vocal melodies and such. When you heard them, wow it was spectacular. Also, a much different sound if you turned around and looked towards the back... anyhow, just noticing that producing for a movie theater is a whole different bag. (Also, I think I have a bit of hearing loss on the right side, so it could be less left-centric than I thought). But, honestly, if it were my home stereo (or my theater) I would do everything I could to turn those front speakers up UP UP!

Don't know if anyone made this comment, but Ed seems a bit louder in the mix with the visualizers. I think it's a mental thing, however. When you've heard the words once and then see them on the screen, it jumps out more. I think putting him lower in the mix is a smart strategic move... we all know the albums where he was lower and we all know all those lyrics by heart today, don't we?

So, I made an audio recording... it starts with Jeff coming in and giving an intro that sounds crazy... I promise this is what it sounded like from my seat, precisely in the middle of the theater.

Sorry that the file is so large. I'm by no means an audiophile, but I tried my best to not "lose" anything to excessive compression. Sounds pretty representative of what I heard from my seat. Really nice. (But probably unnecessarily large).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LObzpd ... drive_link

I'll go ahead and make a call that seems to go against what I've read so far... you may or may not love DM the song, but I understand quite clearly why it was the lead single. It is the most obvious choice for "radio friendly" and air play, in my opinion. I may like other songs more, but if I were listening for the first time (which I 82% was), this would be the song I said had the best chance on radio. Who knows, maybe it will open the door for others (Wreckage would be my next pick, I think).

I have some short videos from the visualizers I'll put on my youtube if anyone wants to see any of that. Sorry about the cringe-worthy clapping between songs LOL.

This is just for you all, my RM friends/fam. I'm sorry there were no babies during any interludes in this recording.

-O$

thanks for the link. will give this one a try

[B]

Estimated delivery
Monday, April 22 by 7:00 P.M.

Which means Wednesday, April 24th. Which means the days of early delivery ended a decade ago.

Shitty Spotify mix on day 1 for me.

[Ms Harmless]

70s turf is nothing new for this band.

didn't say it was

Is Ten their most 70s album solely due to the Alive solo being a note for note ripoff of an Ace Frehley solo?

no idea, don't care

[Mike]

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainm ... 13302631-1
We talked about this one yet?

[stip]

Either here or in the review thread. I love that rock star picture of stone

[Mike]

The part about Andrew helping them with song structure tricks he learned from pop songs is interesting. That's probably why the album feels a little bit like a pop record.

[allhookedup]

Anyone else get a bit of Push Me, Pull Me in React, Respond?
Maybe just the sound of that guitar/bass

I did for sure, good call

[spike]

70s turf is nothing new for this band.

didn't say it was

Is Ten their most 70s album solely due to the Alive solo being a note for note ripoff of an Ace Frehley solo?

no idea, don't care

good talk

[Brett]

Song names don't matter.

No doubt...Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town

Case in point:

Spoiler: show

Higgs, do you like that Niecy Blues album? It was a latecoming favorite of mine last year.

[Mike]

i've got 25 hours to goooo
and in 25 hours I'm in new zealand
ive got 25 hours to go

[Ms Harmless]

woke up with WFS and WT in my head

glorious!

[Tj]

Falling asleep to Setting Sun Glorious.

[daft twat]

How have 30 of you already rated this? Any of you ever bring a woman to climax? Jesus Christ, dare I say just breathe?

[Mike]

Waiting for leakie

[stip]

its weird that ive simultaneously heard this album like 7 times and not once