Early indie store Dark Matter listening party

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  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,195
    Would love a patch if anyone got an extra.
  • PJammin'
    PJammin' Posts: 1,913
    Loved the album on first listen. Can’t wait for the theatrical experience in Dolby. Thanks to everyone that made the listening party happen. It was a great day. This album is going to be awesome live. 
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  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,631
    edited April 2024
    I really liked the album, front to back.
    Before I heard them, I was uneasy about Wreckage and Something Special, and they are WAY better than the 30 second clips we got. Both very good songs.

    That said, the stand outs to me were Scared of Fear, React/Respond, Waiting for Stevie, and Got to Give.

    Honestly, I was having trouble finding a weak link. The weak link might be putting Wreckage 3rd instead of 4th, but I really enjoyed all of the songs.
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  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,631
    Yamrider said:
    Vinilo in Southampton UK. Only had tote bags, felt for the guy behind the counter trying to explain 'that's all we got sent' when several people, me included, asked about the giveaways.

    When I booked the ticket last week they had a pre order for a black and gold vinyl. When asked today he says it's not the RSD and not the tricolour. I went for this but he didn't know anymore than black and gold. 
    Anyone know what this is?

    ISO slip mat please if anyone has spare.

    Really liked Dark Matter. Good mix of songs. I agree that some small hints at older songs. Maybe just me but I couldn't help but think of In Hiding on one. Liked waiting for Stevie.
    Now that you mention it, yeah, I remember thinking the same thing about In Hiding. 
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  • jimjam1982
    jimjam1982 AZ Posts: 1,471
    Pretty busy at my record store. Can't really review song by song due to a lot of shoppers but sounds pretty good. I would say it's very good to excellent. Setting Sun was great closer
  • spankyMP
    spankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 2,018
    edited April 2024
    I am admittedly a fanboy and generally like/love everything they do. This is much stronger than Gigaton, which I loved at first and still like, but it definitely cooled off for me.

    I didn’t hear wreckage in full, but like the two snippets I’ve heard so far. I love waiting for Stevie, won’t tell, and got to give. Waiting for Stevie has some In hiding to it, which is one of my favorites. I feel like got to give is the kind of song they should be cranking out regularly.

    Scared of Fear and react respond are great rockers. Upper hand and setting sun are very good, with some great spots.

    Something special, while still very corny, is better than the previously released clip lets on.

    So, my opinion definitely leans toward favorable as a default because I am just happy that they are still at it. Way too early to tell where it will settle for me, but very pleased with it and I think there are a few songs that will become set list staples/regulars. It just feels like the quality of album that they should be able to put out on a consistent basis.
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  • Ten Backspaced Riot Actors
    Ten Backspaced Riot Actors Posts: 436
    Ya’ll this album blows Gigaton, Backspacer, Riot Act, Avacado, Lightening Bolt out of the water!  And I like those albums. Won’t go near the first 5 yet.  Need more listens. I get why Ed said this is the best they have ever done.  It’s like grown up PJ, firing on all cylinders.

  • AlaG
    AlaG Brookline, MA Posts: 979
    My first impression is that I don't have much more affinity for it than I did for Lightning Bolt or Gigaton on first listen. And to be clear, I like those albums. But this record is going to hit different with a lot of people. If you showed someone that hasn't listened to the band since the 90s or early 2000s Lightning Bolt I think they'd be like - hmm, this is interesting. But it's not what they'd expect a middle aged Pearl Jam to sound like. This record on the other hand is exactly what someone who grew up on their music, who had not listened to them for awhile, would expect them to sound like right now.

    Wreckage thru Running was really fantastic to my ears. Especially liked Won't Tell and Upper Hand. The front and back of the album were a bit less memorable to me but I frankly just need to hear it more times. It all sounded like stuff I'd like whereas there are some absolute duds on the previous few albums.
  • TN49724
    TN49724 Posts: 105
    Upper Hand has some Yellow Ledbetter vibes throughout 
  • kmcmanus
    kmcmanus Posts: 892
    TN49724 said:
    Upper Hand has some Yellow Ledbetter vibes throughout 
    Also some Pink Floyd vibes… at my store it was drawing comparisons to Nothing as it Seems
  • TN49724
    TN49724 Posts: 105
    kmcmanus said:
    TN49724 said:
    Upper Hand has some Yellow Ledbetter vibes throughout 
    Also some Pink Floyd vibes… at my store it was drawing comparisons to Nothing as it Seems
    Definitely NAIS at the beginning for sure.  Throughout the song I kept hearing the same couple riffs, and I’m thinking damn that’s a little YL.  Even how Ed sings parts of it. Really good song. 
  • primussucks
    primussucks Posts: 2,365
    Ten Backspaced Riot Actors said:
    And Won’t Tell is another radio song if they want.  It’s a monster, I think
    Somebody posted a 1 minute clip of it on Facebook and it sounds amazing!!!
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  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 Posts: 10,802
    Looks like Ed was @ Easy St…. He’s such an ambassador 🤙
  • Ten Backspaced Riot Actors
    Ten Backspaced Riot Actors Posts: 436
    In a way some of the songs on the album are akin to Sirens but like way more urgent, fresher, and better.  Hard to explain.  They are so melodic and Ed is singing his balls off. Like really singing. He has lost some of the power from his early day but make no mistake about it, dude is legit.  He still has the ability to capture you with his voice.  I keep thinking U2, even Duran Duran.  The album is atmospheric.  It breathes.  I’m thinking mostly about WFS, Upper Hand, Won’t Tell

    I feel like they have broken new ground which is astonishing at this point in the game.  Kudos to Watt and the band for going to Shangri-La.  I think the couple week bootcamp paid dividends. 

    Oh and the record production sounded really good to my ears.
  • Ten Backspaced Riot Actors
    Ten Backspaced Riot Actors Posts: 436
    Something Special is another radio song.

    wreckage, won’t tell, something special.  3 songs that sound more like radio hits than anything they have done in a while.  

    Would be cool if DM blows up
  • greenwoodlogan102498
    greenwoodlogan102498 Posts: 40
    Ten Backspaced Riot Actors said:
    In a way some of the songs on the album are akin to Sirens but like way more urgent, fresher, and better.  Hard to explain.  They are so melodic and Ed is singing his balls off. Like really singing. He has lost some of the power from his early day but make no mistake about it, dude is legit.  He still has the ability to capture you with his voice.  I keep thinking U2, even Duran Duran.  The album is atmospheric.  It breathes.  I’m thinking mostly about WFS, Upper Hand, Won’t Tell

    I feel like they have broken new ground which is astonishing at this point in the game.  Kudos to Watt and the band for going to Shangri-La.  I think the couple week bootcamp paid dividends. 

    Oh and the record production sounded really good to my ears.
    That’s a very high pedestal because when I first heard Sirens I felt it was an instant classic. It is still a great song and I feel has proven to be that. I’ve gotten people into PJ with that one as much as I have stuff on Vitalogy. Hyped for these new songs! 
  • AlaG
    AlaG Brookline, MA Posts: 979
    This is really stretching their catalogue in a way that I feel like I’m never gonna leave a 150 minute show satisfied lol.
  • Ten Backspaced Riot Actors
    Ten Backspaced Riot Actors Posts: 436
    greenwoodlogan102498 said:
    Ten Backspaced Riot Actors said:
    In a way some of the songs on the album are akin to Sirens but like way more urgent, fresher, and better.  Hard to explain.  They are so melodic and Ed is singing his balls off. Like really singing. He has lost some of the power from his early day but make no mistake about it, dude is legit.  He still has the ability to capture you with his voice.  I keep thinking U2, even Duran Duran.  The album is atmospheric.  It breathes.  I’m thinking mostly about WFS, Upper Hand, Won’t Tell

    I feel like they have broken new ground which is astonishing at this point in the game.  Kudos to Watt and the band for going to Shangri-La.  I think the couple week bootcamp paid dividends. 

    Oh and the record production sounded really good to my ears.
    That’s a very high pedestal because when I first heard Sirens I felt it was an instant classic. It is still a great song and I feel has proven to be that. I’ve gotten people into PJ with that one as much as I have stuff on Vitalogy. Hyped for these new songs! 
    I know! Sirens is a classic. A great PJ song.  But there is an energy to these recordings that I think make Sirens(the recording) sound a little flat in comparison.  Not to shit on Sirens but to applaud the new record. 


  • Ten Backspaced Riot Actors
    Ten Backspaced Riot Actors Posts: 436
    AlaG said:
    This is really stretching their catalogue in a way that I feel like I’m never gonna leave a 150 minute show satisfied lol.
    No kidding 😁
  • greenwoodlogan102498
    greenwoodlogan102498 Posts: 40
    Ten Backspaced Riot Actors said:
    greenwoodlogan102498 said:
    Ten Backspaced Riot Actors said:
    In a way some of the songs on the album are akin to Sirens but like way more urgent, fresher, and better.  Hard to explain.  They are so melodic and Ed is singing his balls off. Like really singing. He has lost some of the power from his early day but make no mistake about it, dude is legit.  He still has the ability to capture you with his voice.  I keep thinking U2, even Duran Duran.  The album is atmospheric.  It breathes.  I’m thinking mostly about WFS, Upper Hand, Won’t Tell

    I feel like they have broken new ground which is astonishing at this point in the game.  Kudos to Watt and the band for going to Shangri-La.  I think the couple week bootcamp paid dividends. 

    Oh and the record production sounded really good to my ears.
    That’s a very high pedestal because when I first heard Sirens I felt it was an instant classic. It is still a great song and I feel has proven to be that. I’ve gotten people into PJ with that one as much as I have stuff on Vitalogy. Hyped for these new songs! 
    I know! Sirens is a classic. A great PJ song.  But there is an energy to these recordings that I think make Sirens(the recording) sound a little flat in comparison.  Not to shit on Sirens but to applaud the new record. 


    Oh hell yeah, every record is its own and from what I’ve read I can surmise that PJ just put out a great hard rock summer record? If you feel alone and put on Binaural and Gigaton then this is the one where you make your bed and go fucking surf like Tony Alva 

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