Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[VinylGuy]

these days

Love them:
Scared Of Fear
React, Respond
Wreckage
DM
Wont Tell
Upper Hand
WFS
Got To Give
Setting Sun

Really like:
Running
Something Special

[Leatherhead]

If this album has 2 more songs and they were hard rock songs, it'd be perfect.

What kinds of songs, for example?

Songs like the other hard rock songs on the album.

[Walker Bait]

i dont really understand the FON talk, nothing in this album reminds me of that song

Even the bridge and outro of Won't Tell?

Doesn't remind me of FON at all... Does remind me of The Cure.

Actually... read that wrong. The bridge reminds me of Joshua Tree U2 and the end of the song reminds me of The Cure.

[DDWJMUVW]

If this album has 2 more songs and they were hard rock songs, it'd be perfect.

According to MC, there are a handful of other songs (not sure how developed) from the sessions. Wottman wanted them to pare things down for the record to only the best, so maybe we will get some b sides?

[VinylGuy]

i dont really understand the FON talk, nothing in this album reminds me of that song

Even the bridge and outro of Won't Tell?

Doesn't remind me of FON at all... Does remind me of The Cure.

Actually... read that wrong. The bridge reminds me of Joshua Tree U2 and the end of the song reminds me of The Cure.

Yeah. The ending reminds me of something else I can’t know what yet…that solo specially

[Clem Halibut]

Yeah, I think if DM has any recent corollaries in the catalog, it's the stuff on the back half of Backspacer (things like ATW, Unthought Known, Force of Nature)

My initial impression of DM was "this is an album full of 'Force of Nature's"

Honestly, that's not far off.

It never ceases to amaze me how 2 different sets of ears can hear such completely different things when it comes to music - especially Pearl Jam's music

To my ears, there's not a single song on Dark Matter that remotely resembles the overwrought ham fisted steaming hot turd of song that is Force of Nature.
The songs on Dark Matter lyrically and musically easily rise above & soar past anything that was even attempted on Backspacer

Dark Matter is a far superior album to Backspacer & Lightning Bolt

But then again...that's just my ears & my opinion

[Fattie_Vedder]

It’s fun to go back to the metal door leak now after listening to the record many times, especially when i think about what I thought the songs would sound like back then. A part of me wishes the album sounded ‘heavier’ as originally described. Scared of Fear sounds way heavier on the door leak thanks to the intensity of the bass, crap quality, and loudness, but it gives the impression of much heavier sounding guitars; more like dark matter. The only two songs that have ‘heavy’ sounding guitars are dark matter and running. It would have been cool if there was more of that on the album.

[stip]

at this time

5 Stars: Scared of Fear, Waiting for Stevie
4.5 stars: Dark Matter, Setting Sun, Wreckage
4 Stars: R/R, Wont Tell Upper Hand, Running, Got to Give, Something Special

things may dip but there is no pearl jam album for me where everything gets 4+ stars (Vitalogy if you just count the 4 core tracks)

[Clem Halibut]

Alright...this will definitely change but as of today

5 Star
Waiting For Stevie
Setting Sun
Upper Hand
Wreckage

4 Star
Scared of Fear
React/Respond
Got To Give
Won't Tell

3 Star
Running
Dark Matter
Something Special

Waiting for Stevie, Wreckage, & Upper Hand are approaching top tier songs for me that I feel will eventually stand shoulder to shoulder with any of my favorite songs in their catalog

[Jorge]

Yeah, I think if DM has any recent corollaries in the catalog, it's the stuff on the back half of Backspacer (things like ATW, Unthought Known, Force of Nature)

My initial impression of DM was "this is an album full of 'Force of Nature's"

Honestly, that's not far off.

It never ceases to amaze me how 2 different sets of ears can hear such completely different things when it comes to music - especially Pearl Jam's music

To my ears, there's not a single song on Dark Matter that remotely resembles the overwrought ham fisted steaming hot turd of song that is Force of Nature.
The songs on Dark Matter lyrically and musically easily rise above & soar past anything that was even attempted on Backspacer

Dark Matter is a far superior album to Backspacer & Lightning Bolt

But then again...that's just my ears & my opinion

Well, you like Dark Matter a whole lot more than I do. But to be clear, I didn't really mean to say that the songs sound like "Force of Nature," or are of the same quality; more that they display a similar approach to melody, arrangements and lyrics.

[Monkey_Driven]

My rankings so far (after about 15 or so listens)

5 Stars
Wreckage
Upper Hand
Scared of Fear
Won't Tell
Setting Sun

4 Stars
Something Special
Got to Give
Waiting For Stevie - the bridge/outro bring it to 4 stars, otherwise 3 stars
React/Respond

3 Stars
Running
Dark Matter

[Hypnos]

Why arent you talking about this?

https://youtu.be/ZpuuIpsgaPQ?si=_9u3OmI8YSyashVm

[Strat]

Oh hell yea!

More content!

[oneway23]

Why arent you talking about this?

https://youtu.be/ZpuuIpsgaPQ?si=_9u3OmI8YSyashVm

Awesome Hypnos, thanks!

[Strat]

the new Single video theory!

[Jorge]

442 views in 12 hours? Very weird

[Jorge]

Oh, it's Unlisted

[dad]

the new Single video theory!

i had the same thought.

[Strat]

Mike looks pissed off the entire time.

[stip]

I can't access. What is it?