Dark Matter in Theaters

Gern Blansten

Loved it... Great album. React respond the standout for me. 

PJammin'

Gern Blansten said:

Loved it... Great album. React respond the standout for me. 

React, Respond has that PJ quirkiness to it. Great track…and it got some ovation in the theater. 

aschuldiner

Just got back from the Regal in Orlando. Small theater, maybe 10-15% full. Love the album. Feels like my fave in a while, but still digesting. Very cool experience - lots of cheering among the (sparse) crowd. Sorry to the folks who got hosed w/ the technical difficulties.

shawnb199

The experience in Woburn, MA wasn’t perfect (it started almost 30 minutes late, the sound wasn’t great, there was a super obnoxious woman), but the album is awesome. 

I’m not somebody who dislikes the recent stuff (I love both Avocado and Gigaton), but I think this is their best album in 25 years. The run from Wreckage to Waiting for Stevie is phenomenal, and I was singing the chorus to Setting Sun over and over the whole way home. 

Gern Blansten

These songs are going to be quite different live... Good stuff 

CC68885

Camillus, NY (Syracuse) Movie Tavern-  About 50 people in attendance.  started great and after song 5, a pause, then the lights went on. Technical difficulties!!! After about 10 minutes a worker came out and said that they would have to start the whole show over from the start. From there it was flawless, so we got to hear songs 1-5 3x!!  I like the album.  Loved Mike shredding throughout. I’ll give it an 8/10. 

Falling Down

Packed theater in Montreal! Old folks like me, plus some youngsters. 

ComeToTX

matt770 said:

ComeToTX said:

Corrupted file at my showing in Austin. Bummer. Got to hear 4.5 songs. 

Alpharetta, GA was a bust too. Not sure if it was theater staff incompetence or bad media like you’re saying, but the sound quality was BAD, like worse than a cheap Bluetooth radio. We left after 5 songs because it felt disrespectful to have that be our first exposure to these songs. What a bummer but I’m glad the record is out in a few days!! 

They got it fixed after a couple of false starts, thankfully. Album is really good and will be better live. 

drakeheuer14

Attended an Atlanta showing, very small turnout compared to sold seats. Had a great time! Tons of shining moments. Loving Upper Hand and Setting Sun out of the songs I hadn’t heard going into it.

There was one song where the lyrics didnt display for half the song, that seemed to be the only “flaw.” Visuals were a little silly - would have preferred band photos or space visuals or nature, but it got the job done. My only complaint record wise is the continued use of the echo effect on Eds vocals. 

Can’t wait to hear live versions!!

Kwieneke

Wreckage. Wow 

matt770

ComeToTX said:

matt770 said:

ComeToTX said:

Corrupted file at my showing in Austin. Bummer. Got to hear 4.5 songs. 

Alpharetta, GA was a bust too. Not sure if it was theater staff incompetence or bad media like you’re saying, but the sound quality was BAD, like worse than a cheap Bluetooth radio. We left after 5 songs because it felt disrespectful to have that be our first exposure to these songs. What a bummer but I’m glad the record is out in a few days!! 

They got it fixed after a couple of false starts, thankfully. Album is really good and will be better live. 

Oh cool. Where were you sitting? What were the “false starts”? At what point was it fixed and how did that work? Did they start the album over? 

Vedd Hedd

I want to hear every one of these songs live. 

ComeToTX

matt770 said:

ComeToTX said:

matt770 said:

ComeToTX said:

Corrupted file at my showing in Austin. Bummer. Got to hear 4.5 songs. 

Alpharetta, GA was a bust too. Not sure if it was theater staff incompetence or bad media like you’re saying, but the sound quality was BAD, like worse than a cheap Bluetooth radio. We left after 5 songs because it felt disrespectful to have that be our first exposure to these songs. What a bummer but I’m glad the record is out in a few days!! 

They got it fixed after a couple of false starts, thankfully. Album is really good and will be better live. 

Oh cool. Where were you sitting? What were the “false starts”? At what point was it fixed and how did that work? Did they start the album over? 

Right in the middle. It stopped near the end of the second song, lights came on and they said they’d try to fix it. They got it fixed after a few minutes and started it from the beginning. Same thing about halfway through the album but they restarted it where it left off. Went smooth after that. Loved having the lyrics during the second play. 

vito

Ok hear goes Ed is the weakest link on the album. It's a damn good album with lots and lots and lots of soaring music. Great guitars, solo's, shredding, bass and MC! And then there's Ed, I can't put my finger on it but, it feels like he's screaming at me almost the whole album? When he's quiter it sounds even worse cause his enunciation is like 3 different words in one. I dunno he's good but, he's the only reason I can't give this 5 stars. Maybe after repeated listens this will change for me? Ok, let me have it Ed can do no wrong fans!😎
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GlowGirl

We had a packed house in NYC. No previews or commercials. They just started right into it. I really liked Upper Hand, Running, Waiting for Stevie, and Setting Sun. I liked the rest except for Something Special. To me that sounded like a song from Toy Story or a TV theme song (like that Facts of Life video that someone posted). I can’t unsee that. But overall there were some great songs on there. 

CROJAM95

Fall Guy looks funny, Gosling killing it lately

Amy Winehouse movie looks promising too

Album was great, even thought something special much better than the snippet

the album has elements of VS/Yield/Gigaton/Avocado to my ears, with influences of Petty, Pink Floyd, Bad Religion, Springsteen, Ramones, Who…. It’s really a remarkable effort by anyone, never mind  12th album

bravo guys

heard 1st at record store, this was so much better

waa in a nice Dolby Atmos theater on Long Island 

tylerj

Was in a Dolby Atmos theater and sound quality was pretty bad. It made judging the songs musically pretty difficult. 

Running and Wreckage are the standouts both musically and lyrically. Dark Matter is above average.

Scared of Fear was forgettable. React, Respond had some very cringe lyrics. Something Special felt like the worst of dad rock.

Upper Hand was better musically than lyrically. Setting Sun was just ok. 

The other songs I need to listen to again in better quality to form an opinion. 

Right now, album is sitting at a solid 6/10. Eddie really over singing on a lot of songs. 

Vedd Hedd

vito said:

Ok hear goes Ed is the weakest link on the album. It's a damn good album with lots and lots and lots of soaring music. Great guitars, solo's, shredding, bass and MC! And then there's Ed, I can't put my finger on it but, it feels like he's screaming at me almost the whole album? When he's quiter it sounds even worse cause his enunciation is like 3 different words in one. I dunno he's good but, he's the only reason I can't give this 5 stars. Maybe after repeated listens this will change for me? Ok, let me have it Ed can do no wrong fans!😎
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Ha, everyone has their own opinion and its all good.  

That said, I will disagree.  I think this is some of his best writing.  And he is singing better than ever.  Keeping in his range, these songs wont destroy his voice night after night. But there are so many harmonies and melodies on this album. Its very layered. 

I agree about the rest of the sound though, everyone is killing it. 

aisleseats

We had nearly a full house at the Alamo Drafthouse in SGF tonight. Decent sound too. On first listen, I was loving it. Felt like it was their best album in two decades. Second listen, it didn't seem quite as stellar to me (perhaps because I was preoccupied with reading the lyrics), but I still dug it.

Upper Hand stands out as one of my faves right now. And Wreckage seems like it may be my new 7 o'clock...the song that everyone else seems to love, but I just can't get into.

tschav

Regal Chicago sound was rooooooough.

Songs were great, but looking forward to the vinyl or streaming to headphones after that.