Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

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3 Stars
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%#*! Andrew Watt
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pearl jam sucks now
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I can’t listen to it right now but I was surprised with Scared Of Fear
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DDWJMUVW wrote:boy...this is such a step up from last night (tells how fucking piss poor that audio really was) and it's still not close to what I'll hear with Flac files, my custom eq settings, and my Sonos system. say what you will about production choices but the clarity and crispness of the instruments is light years beyond some of their past work (S/T, LB).
You still haven't shared these mystical settings on the board!
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Ed singing like his life depended on it. Wasn't that in an early review? Rings true on a first listen with this leak.
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Leak?? Please
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tragabigzanda wrote:Got to Give sounds like Johny Cougar Mellancamp
found a clip online of the forthcoming music video
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
DDWJMUVW wrote:boy...this is such a step up from last night (tells how fucking piss poor that audio really was) and it's still not close to what I'll hear with Flac files, my custom eq settings, and my Sonos system. say what you will about production choices but the clarity and crispness of the instruments is light years beyond some of their past work (S/T, LB).
You still haven't shared these mystical settings on the board!
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Coach wrote:Ed singing like his life depended on it. Wasn't that in an early review? Rings true on a first listen with this leak.

Maybe Wotman held Ed at gunpoint while jumping up and down to tell Matt to play louder
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bluestate wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
DDWJMUVW wrote:boy...this is such a step up from last night (tells how fucking piss poor that audio really was) and it's still not close to what I'll hear with Flac files, my custom eq settings, and my Sonos system. say what you will about production choices but the clarity and crispness of the instruments is light years beyond some of their past work (S/T, LB).
You still haven't shared these mystical settings on the board!
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Any kind soul to share a link? :oops: :)
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Release_Me wrote:Can someone please PM me a link too? I'd be grateful.
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Got 2 Give is a Springsteen song to my ears...good song if you don't think too hard about it.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Ruddo, I don't know what think about Got to Give. It's the only one I'm kind of torn on out of the gate.
Wreckage and GTG are my two low points on DM :?

Phil fucking Collins could be singing them and you wouldn’t spot a difference.
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pearl jam sucks now
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Anyone mind spreading the joy? (Linky pls) :hooray:
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I’m proud of this album making it this long without a leak. Can’t wait read everyone’s reaction over the coming weeks.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
DDWJMUVW wrote:boy...this is such a step up from last night (tells how fucking piss poor that audio really was) and it's still not close to what I'll hear with Flac files, my custom eq settings, and my Sonos system. say what you will about production choices but the clarity and crispness of the instruments is light years beyond some of their past work (S/T, LB).
You still haven't shared these mystical settings on the board!
Well...im talking two different things here:

my own preamp settings in my studio which doesn't apply since it, in part, takes into account the arrangement of the room and sound bouncing off walls, etc.

there there's the dinky little Spotify settings which I shared with stip. maybe he can post that screenshot I emailed him. nothing special. just where I keep my settings in that app, and I think it's a noticeable improvement from their default settings. you can't do this in Apple Music. you're locked into closing one of their defaults.

of course it's somewhat subjective. what sounds great to me could sound eh to you. but...last night was garbage. tin fucking can.
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Can't listen right now, but, my wife wants to know just how U2 Won't Tell is?

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TO ALL THE NEW RM POSTERS,

Yes, we will share the link, no worries. :bammer:

But please consider participating in the board moving forward in the other threads.

We have a strong, longtime crew but can always use more numbers. We need to grow to survive.

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Scared of Fear is a great opener.
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