Dark Matter (song)

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5 Stars
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This took me by surprise I had no idea they were releasing new stuff. At first I thought it was an old April Fools thread lol. After a couple listens songs not bad. Kinda Binaurally I guess? Feels like a Matt song?
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I bought the single on iTunes but I don't see the B-side anywhere in my library.

Help?
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Val wrote:I bought the single on iTunes but I don't see the B-side anywhere in my library.

Help?
B-side available only via PJ.com as of right now
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tree_ wrote:
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We still make records to be listened to — not that everyone will listen to a record track one to twelve in a row or side A or Side B — but we still make 'em in case somebody does want to listen to it like that, that's how we make em…
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For those into decimals, I just had my first 3.75 listen to this one.
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is that trending up or down?
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Up from 3.5ish.
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I think it helps that I've scaled back how much I play it from the pace of those first couple days.
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oneway23 wrote:
Val wrote:I bought the single on iTunes but I don't see the B-side anywhere in my library.

Help?
B-side available only via PJ.com as of right now
I am never buying singles from iTunes again.
Not the for the missed b-side, but the volume is way down on the iTunes version.
Same thing happened to me on that last QOTSA release.
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This song flat-out makes me happy. I've always been this way with aggressive moshable tunes by bands I love (Hi Tool). That anger gives me a release I don't always realize I need, and I just end up happy.
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4 seems too low for me, but it's probably not a 5. I'll go with a 4.25.

As with all new Pearl Jam releases, this song will forever remind me of this period of my life, and I'm thrilled to still have this band soundtracking my life in 2024! It'll never be 1992 again and we'll never be as young as we used to be, but this song is a joy to me.
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For what it's worth, I have subscriptions to both Spotify and YouTube Music, and DM sounds a lot thicker and boomier on YM.
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I've usually got a pretty good ear for detail, but where are some of you hearing Binaural in this track?
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guitar_davey wrote:I've usually got a pretty good ear for detail, but where are some of you hearing Binaural in this track?
if you're hearing it with both ears, it's binaural
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tree_ wrote:
guitar_davey wrote:I've usually got a pretty good ear for detail, but where are some of you hearing Binaural in this track?
if you're hearing it with both ears, it's binaural
Is that supposed to be condescending?

I know what binaural recording is and I know most of the songs on Binaural were recorded that way. I don't hear any of that in this song.
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I don't know anything about why, but when I finally found my head phones yesterday it sounded much more divided across my ears. As opposed to one space from my car and/or Bluetooth speaker in the kitchen.
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guitar_davey wrote:
tree_ wrote:
guitar_davey wrote:I've usually got a pretty good ear for detail, but where are some of you hearing Binaural in this track?
if you're hearing it with both ears, it's binaural
Is that supposed to be condescending?

I know what binaural recording is and I know most of the songs on Binaural were recorded that way. I don't hear any of that in this song.
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