Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[Ensign9]

[blueviper]

Wreckage. Love it so much.

[Homeboyd]

This is considerably quieter than the leak...like night and day on my rig. So much better. Still probably over-compressed as hell but not ear splitting.

[RockPusher]

I'm on the west coast and super stoked that Spotify made this available at 9 pm.

[Strat]

goddamn boys and girls.

They fucking knocked us out of our chairs.
The magic of this group....shoved into a room.....to have to eyeball eachother.....this is what we get.

[blueviper]

I'm on the west coast and super stoked that Spotify made this available at 9 pm.

Awesome!

[darthvedder81]

Love the solos on Wreakage. They are "chord solos" (maybe there's a better term for that?). Arpeggios? I dunno. They sound great.

[RockPusher]

So many of us are listening to the same songs at the same time

[stip]

Wreckage massively improved on that listen

[guitar_davey]

Officially -- Happy Dark Matter Day, RM!

I wouldn't say I know any of you particularly well, but at the same time, some of you kinda feel like old friends at this point. I just wanted to say how much I enjoy reading everyone's dissections of this band and their love for it (and frustrations by it).

This album roll-out has been something incredibly special. Glad to be sharing this moment with all of you.

What a fucking band. Even those of us who never checked out on PJ needed to fall in love with them again.

[stip]

Dark Matter still fucking rules

[blueviper]

Dark matter still sounds great

[Arthur Morgan]

Just started the album on Apple Music, this sounds SOOOO great!!!!!!!!!!

[greendisease]

This will probably change but after a few repeats here's a ranking no-one asked for:

1. Waiting for Stevie
2. Upper Hand
3. Won't Tell
4. Scared of Fear
5. Setting Sun
6. Wreckage
7. Dark Matter
8. React, Respond
9. Got to Give
10. Running
11. Something Special

Top 3 almost locked. 4 to 9 has room to change. 10 and 11 I just keep skipping even though they aren't awful.
Fave album since Binaural though it could settle higher, Avocado I can't really judge as it's tied to particular (good) memories.

[Homeboyd]

Wreckage...holding out, holding on...yep, I gotta hear this one live.

[stip]

Officially -- Happy Dark Matter Day, RM!

I wouldn't say I know any of you particularly well, but at the same time, some of you kinda feel like old friends at this point. I just wanted to say how much I enjoy reading everyone's dissections of this band and their love for it (and frustrations by it).

This album roll-out has been something incredibly special. Glad to be sharing this moment with all of you.

What a fucking band. Even those of us who never checked out on PJ needed to fall in love with them again.

[WaitingForBluey]

Who knew that Wreckage was the song that I needed in my life right now?

[Anders]

I can hear the early 90s influence on Waiting For Stevie, like if the band never left the Ten/Vs. era, and kept giving out albums in that eras sound. It’s both good, and a bit strange. Solid performance from the band.

[greendisease]

This will probably change but after a few repeats here's a ranking no-one asked for:

1. Waiting for Stevie
2. Upper Hand
3. Won't Tell
4. Scared of Fear
5. Setting Sun
6. Wreckage
7. Dark Matter
8. React, Respond
9. Got to Give
10. Running
11. Something Special

Top 3 almost locked. 4 to 9 has room to change. 10 and 11 I just keep skipping even though they aren't awful.
Fave album since Binaural though it could settle higher, Avocado I can't really judge as it's tied to particular (good) memories.

Fuck I already want to put Wreckage higher. This album rules.

[guitar_davey]

The start of Upper Hand is 5/5.

I say this, and not Stevie, is the centre of the record.