Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[RockPusher]

WHAT IS THIS!?!?!!?

I just want you to know I am LOVING your live posting

[stip]

Who else here on the east coast US is planning on staying up to midnight to listen to this? Can't get enough of these live reactions. Make my soul happy.

ill be up. ive got years to recover from these few days

and right now you’re all my favorite people in the world.

[Juvenal]

WHAT IS THIS!?!?!!?

*smiles*

HOLY FUCK

[Ms Harmless]

those Wreckage background harmonies are so crystal clear

[Juvenal]

WHAT IS THIS!?!?!!?

I just want you to know I am LOVING your live posting

[Ms Harmless]

loads of bass on DAAAARK MATTAAAA

[blueviper]

I love these live reactions

I’ll be starting my first play through 11pm central

[Juvenal]

I've only (!) been a fan since 2001 but my God, that's been a privilege.

[dimejinky99]

Just got it.

Get headphones and play with your settings to get the sound you want. (R&B is working for me on iPhone. Consolidates and adds a little more heft to everything)

[Strat]

Who else here on the east coast US is planning on staying up to midnight to listen to this? Can't get enough of these live reactions. Make my soul happy.

ill be up. ive got years to recover from these few days

and right now you’re all my favorite people in the world.

[IndioShoeThrower]

those Wreckage background harmonies are so crystal clear

God I love those harmonies. Just want to shoot them straight into my veins.

[WaitingForBluey]

Is this album release the opposite of recent cycles?

In recent cycles, I feel like we heard stuff to get really excited about but then when the album dropped out there significant disappointment.

This time around, many were feeling lukewarm about the singles and tempered expectations, only to have that rewarded with the actual album.

[RockPusher]

Who else here on the east coast US is planning on staying up to midnight to listen to this? Can't get enough of these live reactions. Make my soul happy.

ill be up. ive got years to recover from these few days

and right now you’re all my favorite people in the world.

This is a special fucking moment

[injuddstree]

Funny to hear Jeff say that he wouldn't have gotten away with playing his 12-string on studio albums these days, but Watt said "Why? Just play it". Mike also seems to be unleashed and not stifled.

Watt will have detractors for perhaps production reasons, but he should be praised for encouraging spontaneity and capturing the band's musical instincts which are still firing, based on this record.

[Strat]

No hyperbole, this may be one of their best works

[RockPusher]

Funny to hear Jeff say that he wouldn't have gotten away with playing his 12-string on studio albums these days, but Watt said "Why? Just play it". Mike also seems to be unleashed and not stifled.

Watt will have detractors for perhaps production reasons, but he should be praised for encouraging spontaneity and capturing the band's musical instincts which are still firing, based on this record.

Absolutely! Dude was jumping up and down in front of Matt trying to get him to give him all he had!

[injuddstree]

Is this album release the opposite of recent cycles?

In recent cycles, I feel like we heard stuff to get really excited about but then when the album dropped out there significant disappointment.

This time around, many were feeling lukewarm about the singles and tempered expectations, only to have that rewarded with the actual album.

Agreed. Releasing Running as a single was a borderline troll.

[WaitingForBluey]

those Wreckage background harmonies are so crystal clear

God I love those harmonies. Just want to shoot them straight into my veins.

Great post... and great username

[RockPusher]

No hyperbole, this may be one of their best works

You are far from the only one thinking that...

[WaitingForBluey]

No hyperbole, this may be one of their best works

I was pondering this the other day... Ten, Vs and Yield were the only albums that I received so much joy on first listen, so it's not completely out of the question... even though it sounds nuts to even consider.