Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[daft twat]

Wreckage is very nice. I don’t understand why anyone thinks it would be a great single, though. There is no place for it on radio. We saw that with “Long Way,” which everyone here decried as a single and seemed to hate. They seem like tracks from the same album to me.

[guitar_davey]

I am ssssssstill holding out.

Fucking. Leak.

Your willpower is commendable.

[Homeboyd]

Wreckage is on Apple music

Sounds very good.
And the vocals are a standout.
I’m hearing nuanced things in his delivery which couldn’t be heard in the bootleg

Yeah working from home has it's perks...and this sounds great on headphones. Lots of bits and bobs going on underneath.

[Monkey_Driven]

Wreckage is very nice. I don’t understand why anyone thinks it would be a great single, though. There is no place for it on radio. We saw that with “Long Way,” which everyone here decried as a single and seemed to hate. They seem like tracks from the same album to me.

Wreckage is so much better than Long Way. This will get plays on rock radio AND lighter rock radio/adult contemporary stations. Dark Matter didn't really hit the latter too much.

[Arthur Morgan]

There has been some discussion in the ‘Wreckage’ thread that the song may be about Chris. A lot of the lyrics last night reminded me of him. I wonder if Andy was to 10 as Chris is to DM.

[Ms Harmless]

Wreckage is very nice. I don’t understand why anyone thinks it would be a great single, though. There is no place for it on radio. We saw that with “Long Way,” which everyone here decried as a single and seemed to hate. They seem like tracks from the same album to me.

Wreckage is so much better than Long Way. This will get plays on rock radio AND lighter rock radio/adult contemporary stations. Dark Matter didn't really hit the latter too much.

possibly even country radio

it's a million times better than Long Way

[wease]

There has been some discussion in the ‘Wreckage’ thread that the song may be about Chris. A lot of the lyrics last night reminded me of him. I wonder if Andy was to 10 as Chris is to DM.

Why would Ten be about Andy? Ed never knew him at all.

[Arthur Morgan]

There has been some discussion in the ‘Wreckage’ thread that the song may be about Chris. A lot of the lyrics last night reminded me of him. I wonder if Andy was to 10 as Chris is to DM.

Why would Ten be about Andy? Ed never knew him at all.

The band have spoken about how Ten was an outpouring of emotion in the wake of Andy’s death. At least for Stone and Jeff. Ten would have been cathartic to them in the way this album would be cathartic to the whole band, I’d imagine.

[DDWJMUVW]

Wreckage is very nice. I don’t understand why anyone thinks it would be a great single, though. There is no place for it on radio. We saw that with “Long Way,” which everyone here decried as a single and seemed to hate. They seem like tracks from the same album to me.

Wreckage is so much better than Long Way. This will get plays on rock radio AND lighter rock radio/adult contemporary stations. Dark Matter didn't really hit the latter too much.

possibly even country radio

it's a million times better than Long Way

yeah it's not close. we can cease with the comparisons to long way; there is NO comparison.

wreckage is orders of magnitude better.

[brisk]

Wreckage is okay. It's the safe side of Pearl Jam that I
no longer care for. Sounds like a Tom Petty tune, but Petty was far more interesting than Ed will ever be, so...

Hoping for more rawk songs. My enjoyment of the album will likely depend on how often Matt and Jeff were allowed to BUST OUT. Ed can go have a shit as far as I'm concerned.

Indeed, it's a very safe easy to listen to PJ song, the bridge is nice, nothing top tier like everyone is making it out to be here.

[wease]

There has been some discussion in the ‘Wreckage’ thread that the song may be about Chris. A lot of the lyrics last night reminded me of him. I wonder if Andy was to 10 as Chris is to DM.

Why would Ten be about Andy? Ed never knew him at all.

The band have spoken about how Ten was an outpouring of emotion in the wake of Andy’s death. At least for Stone and Jeff. Ten would have been cathartic to them in the way this album would be cathartic to the whole band, I’d imagine.

As opposed to Gigaton which was the album recorded most recently after Cornell’s death?

[brisk]

That holdin on at 3 mins 48 is fucking prime EV.

[Tj]

Alot of the song Dark Matter felt like it was about the wake one leaves in suicide.

[Arthur Morgan]

There has been some discussion in the ‘Wreckage’ thread that the song may be about Chris. A lot of the lyrics last night reminded me of him. I wonder if Andy was to 10 as Chris is to DM.

Why would Ten be about Andy? Ed never knew him at all.

The band have spoken about how Ten was an outpouring of emotion in the wake of Andy’s death. At least for Stone and Jeff. Ten would have been cathartic to them in the way this album would be cathartic to the whole band, I’d imagine.

As opposed to Gigaton which was the album recorded most recently after Cornell’s death?

Ed himself said after Gigaton that he had not dealt with Chris’ passing. Just speculating. There seems to be a lot of loss happening, so probably not just Chris, but it had to be cathartic experience for the band to hear what Ed was writing about.

[RAG319]

For the record, I like Wreckage and Long Way, but Wreckage is definitely more single-worthy.

[brisk]

It's a good song, needs to drop a verse though, bit too long.

[wease]

There has been some discussion in the ‘Wreckage’ thread that the song may be about Chris. A lot of the lyrics last night reminded me of him. I wonder if Andy was to 10 as Chris is to DM.

Why would Ten be about Andy? Ed never knew him at all.

The band have spoken about how Ten was an outpouring of emotion in the wake of Andy’s death. At least for Stone and Jeff. Ten would have been cathartic to them in the way this album would be cathartic to the whole band, I’d imagine.

As opposed to Gigaton which was the album recorded most recently after Cornell’s death?

Ed himself said after Gigaton that he had not dealt with Chris’ passing. Just speculating. There seems to be a lot of loss happening, so probably not just Chris, but it had to be cathartic experience for the band to hear what Ed was writing about.

You’re REALLY wanting this to have happened.

[daft twat]

Wreckage is very nice. I don’t understand why anyone thinks it would be a great single, though. There is no place for it on radio. We saw that with “Long Way,” which everyone here decried as a single and seemed to hate. They seem like tracks from the same album to me.

Wreckage is so much better than Long Way. This will get plays on rock radio AND lighter rock radio/adult contemporary stations. Dark Matter didn't really hit the latter too much.

possibly even country radio

it's a million times better than Long Way

yeah it's not close. we can cease with the comparisons to long way; there is NO comparison.

wreckage is orders of magnitude better.

Fuck, I should have just pm’d you instead of embarrassing myself.

[Ms Harmless]

There has been some discussion in the ‘Wreckage’ thread that the song may be about Chris. A lot of the lyrics last night reminded me of him. I wonder if Andy was to 10 as Chris is to DM.

Why would Ten be about Andy? Ed never knew him at all.

The band have spoken about how Ten was an outpouring of emotion in the wake of Andy’s death. At least for Stone and Jeff. Ten would have been cathartic to them in the way this album would be cathartic to the whole band, I’d imagine.

As opposed to Gigaton which was the album recorded most recently after Cornell’s death?

Ed himself said after Gigaton that he had not dealt with Chris’ passing. Just speculating. There seems to be a lot of loss happening, so probably not just Chris, but it had to be cathartic experience for the band to hear what Ed was writing about.

You’re REALLY wanting this to have happened.

I don't know what this song is about, but neither do I think grieving stops after one album cycle and you just think "right, time to move on, new subject"; especially not Ed

[Arthur Morgan]

There has been some discussion in the ‘Wreckage’ thread that the song may be about Chris. A lot of the lyrics last night reminded me of him. I wonder if Andy was to 10 as Chris is to DM.

Why would Ten be about Andy? Ed never knew him at all.

The band have spoken about how Ten was an outpouring of emotion in the wake of Andy’s death. At least for Stone and Jeff. Ten would have been cathartic to them in the way this album would be cathartic to the whole band, I’d imagine.

As opposed to Gigaton which was the album recorded most recently after Cornell’s death?

Ed himself said after Gigaton that he had not dealt with Chris’ passing. Just speculating. There seems to be a lot of loss happening, so probably not just Chris, but it had to be cathartic experience for the band to hear what Ed was writing about.

You’re REALLY wanting this to have happened.

Not really. Just having a little fun trying to understand the inspiration.