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Post subject: Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri April 19, 2024 3:49 pm
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stip wrote:
bluestate wrote:
sward wrote:
More of a lurker here in general but definitely check in more when a new album is out.. ....I love the album but also enjoying seeing the old school hard to pleasers professing joy over this!
Well done Pearl Jam - that is a feat worth more than anything else!
Yeah, even the harshest of skeptics are feeling the mojo... love it. There are 1 or 2 more of our hard-hearted comrades I'm waiting to hear from. Not holding my breath though.
Jorge hasn't chimed in and I am eager to hear from Kevin Davis (and I think Digster and Brett haven't weighed in, but I may have missed them)
I'm lurking a bit but mostly not checking in as I'm not going to have the chance to listen to it until tonight at the earliest. I could throw it on at work, but I feel like with this much background with the band I want to wait until I can sit down and listen without distraction. Will certainly let you know! Although I'd say I'm a pretty lousy skeptic, considering I like or love 9 out of their 11 albums.
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Post subject: Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri April 19, 2024 3:49 pm
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RockPusher wrote:
spike wrote:
Listening on Spotify. It doesn’t sound as good as that Mega leak.
Are you in wifi with highest audio quality selected? It makes a difference.
it really baffles me how difficult they make this for more casual listeners. You have to dig to find out it's even an option, and yesah it sure does make a big difference
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Post subject: Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri April 19, 2024 3:52 pm
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I really needed 3 listens to appreciate this album. First run through, much of it felt like Eddie & The Earthlings. There's still a bit of that, but the Pearl Jam backbone does reveal itself more a few times through.
Early standouts: Wreckage Dark Matter Upper Hand Waiting For Stevie (probably my favorite so far) Setting Sun
Scared of Fear and React, Respond climbing though.
It'll be interesting to see how my opinions change over the next few weeks.
Post subject: Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri April 19, 2024 3:56 pm
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Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 4:18 am Posts: 28237
dad wrote:
spike wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
stip wrote:
bluestate wrote:
sward wrote:
More of a lurker here in general but definitely check in more when a new album is out.. ....I love the album but also enjoying seeing the old school hard to pleasers professing joy over this!
Well done Pearl Jam - that is a feat worth more than anything else!
Yeah, even the harshest of skeptics are feeling the mojo... love it. There are 1 or 2 more of our hard-hearted comrades I'm waiting to hear from. Not holding my breath though.
Jorge hasn't chimed in and I am eager to hear from Kevin Davis (and I think Digster and Brett haven't weighed in, but I may have missed them)
Post subject: Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri April 19, 2024 3:57 pm
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This album almost sounds like a comeback album from an alternate reality where Pearl Jam broke up after Yield. It reminds me of King Animal in the way it captures and expands upon the bands early sound.
Post subject: Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri April 19, 2024 3:58 pm
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Anyone listening to the guys talk about the composition of the songs on their Sirius channel? Here is what I've heard while in the car this morning...not much car time ... please fill in:
Scared of Fear - ? React/Respond - ? Wreckage - ? Dark Matter - ? Wont Tell - ? Upper Hand - ? Waiting for Stevie - Ed riff from back in the day (being generous here) Running - Jeff riff Something Special - ? Got to Give - Ed riff Setting Sun - Jeff composed the first part/Andrew riff in the second part (ffs)
Post subject: Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri April 19, 2024 4:00 pm
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spike wrote:
dad wrote:
spike wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
stip wrote:
bluestate wrote:
sward wrote:
More of a lurker here in general but definitely check in more when a new album is out.. ....I love the album but also enjoying seeing the old school hard to pleasers professing joy over this!
Well done Pearl Jam - that is a feat worth more than anything else!
Yeah, even the harshest of skeptics are feeling the mojo... love it. There are 1 or 2 more of our hard-hearted comrades I'm waiting to hear from. Not holding my breath though.
Jorge hasn't chimed in and I am eager to hear from Kevin Davis (and I think Digster and Brett haven't weighed in, but I may have missed them)
Also spenno
what if he loves it too
the board might crash.
If he does, post “got his ass”
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Post subject: Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri April 19, 2024 4:02 pm
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Guys, I really can't iterate how much I love this album, and how baffled I am, shocked, awed. Raz was really into it too, perhaps more than me even, and she didn't like Gigaton at all. I feel giddy about it, like the teenage fan in me has been reawakened, and I feel weirdly validated, having stuck around this stupid PJ message board all these years, and going through all the comments and news about the band, even when I disliked their output. How many of us can honestly say we stuck with a Pearl Jam message board all these years, through all the thick and thin? Doesn't it feel so good? And it is nice seeing so many of you enjoy it as well. I just... don't know what else to say or how to put it right now. I don't feel like me anymore.
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Bear in mind there were recently folded into the GQ imprint, so presumably they’ll be kinder to boomer music going forward
yeah, I'm aware.
I don’t care for your tone
what about my drums?
Damn dad you are really looking to start some shit today
man, I'm really not. I could see how I might've come off terse with my I'm aware comment, but I meant nothing by it. the other was just trying to be cute.
Post subject: Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri April 19, 2024 4:04 pm
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mvw wrote:
stip wrote:
sounds like I need to wait on an answer but where should i go for the best sounding version of this (and their music generally). i have airpods for my phone and quality headphones for my computer but not speaker set up.
i ordered the josh evans mix, have spotify, and just bought the album on itunes before oneway could warn me atmos was subscription only.
I want to upgrade and there are too many choices! where should i purchase or subscribe!
You should be able to find a free trial for Apple Music or even Amazon Music and listen to the Atmos mix that way. I’m curious to know how the deluxe cd/Blu-ray sounds. Still waiting for that and my vinyl to arrive.
I think you can also buy the Apple Music subscription to get the atmos version. Because I don’t have an amazon music subscription.
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Post subject: Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri April 19, 2024 4:12 pm
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Can anybody hook me up with the Atmos mix of even one track? I want to play around with it in Logic and just get a sense of how the down-mix to stereo might work.
Well the 10c vinyl will (probably) arrive on Tuesday. Bummer, but I honestly wasn't expecting they'd email links for lossless WAV & FLAC. That's pretty cool.
Post subject: Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri April 19, 2024 4:14 pm
A Return To Form
Joined: Thu February 27, 2020 3:01 am Posts: 145
FlatSideofaDog wrote:
Anyone listening to the guys talk about the composition of the songs on their Sirius channel? Here is what I've heard while in the car this morning...not much car time ... please fill in:
Scared of Fear - ? React/Respond - ? Wreckage - ? Dark Matter - ? Wont Tell - ? Upper Hand - ? Waiting for Stevie - Ed riff from back in the day (being generous here) Running - Jeff riff Something Special - ? Got to Give - Ed riff Setting Sun - Jeff composed the first part/Andrew riff in the second part (ffs)
OK, maybe too soon for this. But at some point, we should talk about how much creative input Watt had, and what to do with that. I suppose if he just brought the riff in part 2 of Setting Sun, it could be argued that he was just pulling the best out of them. There are so many other amazing things happening there (things that Watt couldn't pull out of the Foos etc because they don't have it in them), and they are all pj ... though wouldn't have been there without the riff.
Post subject: Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri April 19, 2024 4:19 pm
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FlatSideofaDog wrote:
Anyone listening to the guys talk about the composition of the songs on their Sirius channel? Here is what I've heard while in the car this morning...not much car time ... please fill in:
Scared of Fear - ? React/Respond - ? Wreckage - ? Dark Matter - ? Wont Tell - ? Upper Hand - ? Waiting for Stevie - Ed riff from back in the day (being generous here) Running - Jeff riff Something Special - ? Got to Give - Ed riff Setting Sun - Jeff composed the first part/Andrew riff in the second part (ffs)
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