Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[E.H. Ruddock]

Good thing i hate ranking things because other than three songs at the bottom i don’t know how i could rank the rest of the songs, i love them all so much

How many of those three songs are the singles?

guilty as charged. DM and something special are fine in the context of the album. I like them just not as much as the rest of the songs. But i just can’t get in to Running. It feels like it belongs on a different album

This cracks me the fuck up. *Almost* feels like next level marketing. Lol.

It was actually my audition write up for Pitchfork

[Strat]

It’s frustrating that for all the greatness this album offers, they still allow for some of their worst tendencies: the speedy punker that’ll give Ed a stroke, the syrupy song that should’ve been on a solo album, no regard for production. Just be great. Is that so hard?

They are great. Calm down. Production is the only thing you have on them here.

Running fucking rules. That ending, tight as hell, is lights out.

Settle down

Fuck you. Crusty old bastard

[Strat]

I love this stupid band, and it's pretty great how much joy they still bring me after thirty years.

I'm also glad there's this little corner of the internet where I can share with others who love them just as much.

I love hearing this from you. As one of the posters on this board who are mostly cold on PJ the last however many years, btu has such great taste in music that i admire, just melts my heart you are enjoying this.

And this is not uncommon from people on this board.

That is amazing.

you’ve got great taste in music as well, my dude.

fwiw I loved (still do) Gigaton. It’s only LB I can’t get into.

Thats cause LB sucks!

[E.H. Ruddock]

It’s frustrating that for all the greatness this album offers, they still allow for some of their worst tendencies: the speedy punker that’ll give Ed a stroke, the syrupy song that should’ve been on a solo album, no regard for production. Just be great. Is that so hard?

They are great. Calm down. Production is the only thing you have on them here.

Running fucking rules. That ending, tight as hell, is lights out.

Settle down

Fuck you. Crusty old bastard

R U mad the Wild didn’t make the playoffs

[RockPusher]

I love this stupid band, and it's pretty great how much joy they still bring me after thirty years.

I'm also glad there's this little corner of the internet where I can share with others who love them just as much.

I love hearing this from you. As one of the posters on this board who are mostly cold on PJ the last however many years, btu has such great taste in music that i admire, just melts my heart you are enjoying this.

And this is not uncommon from people on this board.

That is amazing.

you’ve got great taste in music as well, my dude.

fwiw I loved (still do) Gigaton. It’s only LB I can’t get into.

Thats cause LB sucks!

I loved it when it came out, but my first child had just been born and I needed dad rock. With time, it fell long and hard.

[E.H. Ruddock]

It’s frustrating that for all the greatness this album offers, they still allow for some of their worst tendencies: the speedy punker that’ll give Ed a stroke, the syrupy song that should’ve been on a solo album, no regard for production. Just be great. Is that so hard?

They are great. Calm down. Production is the only thing you have on them here.

Running fucking rules. That ending, tight as hell, is lights out.

Settle down

Fuck you. Crusty old bastard

Just wait until Baltimore when i have to go to bed early

[Strat]

It’s frustrating that for all the greatness this album offers, they still allow for some of their worst tendencies: the speedy punker that’ll give Ed a stroke, the syrupy song that should’ve been on a solo album, no regard for production. Just be great. Is that so hard?

They are great. Calm down. Production is the only thing you have on them here.

Running fucking rules. That ending, tight as hell, is lights out.

Settle down

Fuck you. Crusty old bastard

R U mad the Wild didn’t make the playoffs

Welcome to 2 weeks ago, bruh.

[greendisease]

As an unrepentant GD fan, I do like Don't React...

What's GD again?

See my sig

Green Disease fan club member here.

I definitely think R/R lives in that pocket of their catalog. I also feel some MFS vibes too. But React, Respond is better than any of those.

Also a fan of GD.

[Strat]

It’s frustrating that for all the greatness this album offers, they still allow for some of their worst tendencies: the speedy punker that’ll give Ed a stroke, the syrupy song that should’ve been on a solo album, no regard for production. Just be great. Is that so hard?

They are great. Calm down. Production is the only thing you have on them here.

Running fucking rules. That ending, tight as hell, is lights out.

Settle down

Fuck you. Crusty old bastard

Just wait until Baltimore when i have to go to bed early

are you trag

[E.H. Ruddock]

It’s frustrating that for all the greatness this album offers, they still allow for some of their worst tendencies: the speedy punker that’ll give Ed a stroke, the syrupy song that should’ve been on a solo album, no regard for production. Just be great. Is that so hard?

They are great. Calm down. Production is the only thing you have on them here.

Running fucking rules. That ending, tight as hell, is lights out.

Settle down

Fuck you. Crusty old bastard

R U mad the Wild didn’t make the playoffs

Welcome to 2 weeks ago, bruh.

Why are you being mean just because i don’t like running? Please remove me from the group

[AndySlash]

the back half of setting sun sounds like it could have been one of those songs by the band stillwater in almost famous

[Arthur Morgan]

the back half of setting sun sounds like it could have been one of those songs by the band stillwater in almost famous

Didn’t McCready play on the fake Stillwater songs?

[WaitingForBluey]

It’s frustrating that for all the greatness this album offers, they still allow for some of their worst tendencies: the speedy punker that’ll give Ed a stroke, the syrupy song that should’ve been on a solo album, no regard for production. Just be great. Is that so hard?

Just have fun and enjoy this process.. is that so hard?

[RockPusher]

the back half of setting sun sounds like it could have been one of those songs by the band stillwater in almost famous

Didn’t McCready play on the fake Stillwater songs?

But if I'm not mistaken, it's Stone doing the heavy lifting in the back half of Setting Sun?

[Strat]

It’s frustrating that for all the greatness this album offers, they still allow for some of their worst tendencies: the speedy punker that’ll give Ed a stroke, the syrupy song that should’ve been on a solo album, no regard for production. Just be great. Is that so hard?

Just have fun and enjoy this process.. is that so hard?

Yes. Enjoying life is a daily struggle for the guy!

[ridleybradout]

Premature over-inflated knee-jerk ranking after 20 or so listens this week:

5-stars:
Scared of Fear
React, Respond
Dark Matter

4-stars:
Got to Give
Setting Sun
Won't Tell

3-stars:
Running
Upper Hand
Waiting for Stevie
Wreckage
Something Special


Overall I'm thinking it's a more consistent record than anything else in the PRAMG era, but the highs of Gigaton were higher.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Strat]

It’s frustrating that for all the greatness this album offers, they still allow for some of their worst tendencies: the speedy punker that’ll give Ed a stroke, the syrupy song that should’ve been on a solo album, no regard for production. Just be great. Is that so hard?

Just have fun and enjoy this process.. is that so hard?

Yes. Enjoying life is a daily struggle for the guy!

I enjoy good audio, is that so hard

yes because that is expensive as hell

[AndySlash]

the back half of setting sun sounds like it could have been one of those songs by the band stillwater in almost famous

Didn’t McCready play on the fake Stillwater songs?

yep

[dad]

It’s frustrating that for all the greatness this album offers, they still allow for some of their worst tendencies: the speedy punker that’ll give Ed a stroke, the syrupy song that should’ve been on a solo album, no regard for production. Just be great. Is that so hard?

Just have fun and enjoy this process.. is that so hard?

Yes. Enjoying life is a daily struggle for the guy!

I enjoy good audio, is that so hard

it certainly sounds hard.