Uk listening party for Dark Matter

lastexitlondon · March 22

Force Of Nature said:

Were there any riff driven songs or mainly heavy chord songs?

Chord heavy but not all heavy chords

Kurt Brutus Bacon · March 22

lastexitlondon said:

My personal opinion is most people won't like half this album. And i didn't hear anything that was like old pj. Just my ta.

lastexitlondon · March 22

I love dark matter and running is ok scared of fear you will like if you like this style. Wreckage had an appeal and to me had a daughter vibe. I don't know man it all blurs fast. I know me personally though at least 4 songs weren't for me at first listen but hey some songs take some time. Just not a fan of the slower cheese or petty style myself

Kurt Brutus Bacon · March 22

lastexitlondon said:

I love dark matter and running is ok scared of fear you will like if you like this style. Wreckage had an appeal and to me had a daughter vibe. I don't know man it all blurs fast. I know me personally though at least 4 songs weren't for me at first listen but hey some songs take some time. Just not a fan of the slower cheese or petty style myself

Thanks!

CROJAM95 · March 22

i think when Ed said "its our best work" that also plays into how we filter the songs early on listening, expectations for this one are thru the roof

lastexitlondon · March 22

CROJAM95 said:

i think when Ed said "its our best work" that also plays into how we filter the songs early on listening, expectations for this one are thru the roof

Agreed. I know he loves it and is proud so thats all that matters to him
Fair enough . I respectfully disagree

BlueLedbetter · March 22

Kurt Brutus Bacon said:

lastexitlondon said:

My personal opinion is most people won't like half this album. And i didn't hear anything that was like old pj. Just my take

I think both Dark Matter and Running are good songs but the snippet from Something Special sounds a bit cheesy. What would you say my odds are of liking the album as a whole?

Something special was the only cheesy one really

lastexitlondon · March 22

Ed explained how much a fan watt is/was. And how he was born as release was released so watt was released at the same time😁. But with watt being such a fan and musician im very surprised with how this turned out.

bootleg · March 22

I would try not to get hung up on production. You may disagree with some choices but if Watt doesn’t produce the album and get the guys all in a room then the album never exists in the first place.

lastexitlondon · March 22

Its just worthless opinion. Everyone will have their own anyway

Gonzo1977 · March 22

Can one of you lucky few who went to this listening party describe what "Waiting for Stevie" & "Setting Sun" sound like? These are the 2 songs from all the articles that have me most interested. Would love to hear what those of you that heard of it...think of it. Thanks

dwjmu84 · March 22

I really want to know more about react respond. Is this indeed clip 1 from the metal door snippets from LA?

BlueLedbetter · March 22

Gonzo1977 said:

Can one of you lucky few who went to this listening party describe what "Waiting for Stevie" & "Setting Sun" sound like? These are the 2 songs from all the articles that have me most interested. Would love to hear what those of you that heard of it...think of it. Thanks

Kind of hard to take it all in but I remember thinking Stevie wasn't what I expected for some reason I thought it was a ballad but its not. Its not as heavy as the earlier part of the album though

Gonzo1977 · March 22

BlueLedbetter said:

Gonzo1977 said:

Can one of you lucky few who went to this listening party describe what "Waiting for Stevie" & "Setting Sun" sound like? These are the 2 songs from all the articles that have me most interested. Would love to hear what those of you that heard of it...think of it. Thanks

Kind of hard to take it all in but I remember thinking Stevie wasn't what I expected for some reason I thought it was a ballad but its not. Its not as heavy as the earlier part of the album though

Thanks. Was it one of the songs you liked? A highlight? Don't know why I'm so hyper focused on this song...but the articles that mentioned it really sold it as an instant classic. Stone hinted in the SPIN article that it may probably end up being a fan favorite.

BlueLedbetter · March 22

Gonzo1977 said:

BlueLedbetter said:

Gonzo1977 said:

Can one of you lucky few who went to this listening party describe what "Waiting for Stevie" & "Setting Sun" sound like? These are the 2 songs from all the articles that have me most interested. Would love to hear what those of you that heard of it...think of it. Thanks

Kind of hard to take it all in but I remember thinking Stevie wasn't what I expected for some reason I thought it was a ballad but its not. Its not as heavy as the earlier part of the album though

Thanks. Was it one of the songs you liked? A highlight? Don't know why I'm so hyper focused on this song...but the articles that mentioned it really sold it as an instant classic. Stone hinted in the SPIN article that it may probably end up being a fan favorite.

Yes I liked it but I liked 7 or 8 of them. I know its only 1 listen in a hyped environment with Ed there but there weren't many I didn't like

lastexitlondon · March 22

I remember liking react respond first 5 i think i was impressed and thought solid. I can't remember too much as it was so ridiculously loud hard to make out too much detail and ed was 3 feet away so mesmerising. I got caught in his glow

stones · March 22

Gonzo1977 said:

BlueLedbetter said:

Gonzo1977 said:

Can one of you lucky few who went to this listening party describe what "Waiting for Stevie" & "Setting Sun" sound like? These are the 2 songs from all the articles that have me most interested. Would love to hear what those of you that heard of it...think of it. Thanks

Kind of hard to take it all in but I remember thinking Stevie wasn't what I expected for some reason I thought it was a ballad but its not. Its not as heavy as the earlier part of the album though

Thanks. Was it one of the songs you liked? A highlight? Don't know why I'm so hyper focused on this song...but the articles that mentioned it really sold it as an instant classic. Stone hinted in the SPIN article that it may probably end up being a fan favorite.

Yeah I was surprised by Waiting for Stevie. I thought it was going to be more like something from Earthling (I expected a Stevie Wonder reference?) but it seemed emotionally deeper and less poppy than pretty much anything on Earthling. Not sure about instant classic, but it made a positive first impression on me.

Must admit Setting Sun didn't make much of an impression on first listen. That's not to say it's not good, I just think I was aware it was all wrapping up and the free bar and tequila shots had done some of their damage to my memory by that point...

lastexitlondon · March 22

I remember thinking setting sun was a non memorable

Gonzo1977 · March 22

stones said:

Gonzo1977 said:

BlueLedbetter said:

Gonzo1977 said:

Can one of you lucky few who went to this listening party describe what "Waiting for Stevie" & "Setting Sun" sound like? These are the 2 songs from all the articles that have me most interested. Would love to hear what those of you that heard of it...think of it. Thanks

Kind of hard to take it all in but I remember thinking Stevie wasn't what I expected for some reason I thought it was a ballad but its not. Its not as heavy as the earlier part of the album though

Thanks. Was it one of the songs you liked? A highlight? Don't know why I'm so hyper focused on this song...but the articles that mentioned it really sold it as an instant classic. Stone hinted in the SPIN article that it may probably end up being a fan favorite.

Yeah I was surprised by Waiting for Stevie. I thought it was going to be more like something from Earthling (I expected a Stevie Wonder reference?) but it seemed emotionally deeper and less poppy than pretty much anything on Earthling. Not sure about instant classic, but it made a positive first impression on me.

Must admit Setting Sun didn't make much of an impression on first listen. That's not to say it's not good, I just think I was aware it was all wrapping up and the free bar and tequila shots had done some of their damage to my memory by that point...

Cool ! thank you. Can't wait to hear this song. Scared of Fear has me really interested too....since it's a Stone riff & and folks have said it sounds a bit like Animal.

stones · March 22

For anyone interested in such things the tequila Ed was sharing was Clase Azul Reposado Tequila - not some cheap firewater!

BlueLedbetter · March 22

Gonzo1977 said:

stones said:

Gonzo1977 said:

BlueLedbetter said:

Gonzo1977 said:

Can one of you lucky few who went to this listening party describe what "Waiting for Stevie" & "Setting Sun" sound like? These are the 2 songs from all the articles that have me most interested. Would love to hear what those of you that heard of it...think of it. Thanks

Kind of hard to take it all in but I remember thinking Stevie wasn't what I expected for some reason I thought it was a ballad but its not. Its not as heavy as the earlier part of the album though

Thanks. Was it one of the songs you liked? A highlight? Don't know why I'm so hyper focused on this song...but the articles that mentioned it really sold it as an instant classic. Stone hinted in the SPIN article that it may probably end up being a fan favorite.

Yeah I was surprised by Waiting for Stevie. I thought it was going to be more like something from Earthling (I expected a Stevie Wonder reference?) but it seemed emotionally deeper and less poppy than pretty much anything on Earthling. Not sure about instant classic, but it made a positive first impression on me.

Must admit Setting Sun didn't make much of an impression on first listen. That's not to say it's not good, I just think I was aware it was all wrapping up and the free bar and tequila shots had done some of their damage to my memory by that point...

Cool ! thank you. Can't wait to hear this song. Scared of Fear has me really interested too....since it's a Stone riff & and folks have said it sounds a bit like Animal.

Really liked scared of fear rocking straight away

CROJAM95 · March 22

stones said:

For anyone interested in such things the tequila Ed was sharing was Clase Azul Reposado Tequila - not some cheap firewater!

always have a bottle in my house, get it as a xmas gift thru a work vendor every year, not cheap for sure

Sirens4 · March 22

How was upper hand ? If you guys remember any details? Thank you

lastexitlondon · March 22

stones said:

For anyone interested in such things the tequila Ed was sharing was Clase Azul Reposado Tequila - not some cheap firewater!

That was the good shit

BrainofBGA · March 22

The most important thing though….was there any SAX!! ???

demetrios · March 28

lastexitlondon · March 28

@Jamesrobb your interview will turn up soon

Jamesrobb · March 28

lastexitlondon said:

@Jamesrobb your interview will turn up soon

I hope so although I’m pretty sure I was talking at about 100 miles an hour 👍🤣

dwjmu84 · March 28

demetrios said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5EDe-rtQD1/

Go frame by frame on this and you’ll see some lyrics to upper hand.

lastexitlondon · March 28

Well my part was really quite poor. So I'm sure yours is much better

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