Dark Matters - Initial Thoughts/Reviews

[droopsnoot]

I'm on my second listen in the car, and I'm enjoying it. My only disappointment is that I haven't got a whole new album to listen to, because they've pre-released so much of it. I can't (be bothered, as much as anything) to do an in-depth track by track analysis like some of the others have done, because it's all personal taste anyway. I do disagree with someone who said they preferred the studio version of "Down" to the acoustic version, for me the latter just seems "better" somehow.

[MiB81]

Still only heard the album twice all the way through, once on vinyl, once MP3 on headphones,
so still much too soon to be doing any reviews, I reckon...

[Greatkudu]

Short and sweet, A Fantastic piece of work, and drumming critique, Jim has done a great job, now for my hyper critical side, my only minor gripe is I don't Like the snare sound on This Song, I prefer a crisper snare sound, but as for Stans criticism on snare on Man on Moon,sounds fine to me as a to heavy snare sound would ruin the song, and I like all the songs, even the infamous Lines it fits as a whole album, my fave track after first listen is White Stallion, a fantastic song and I love the opera part to. So to sum up a brilliant album that stands up to some of the classics IMHO. Lt kudu over and out.

[theraven1979]

Did anyone do a YouTube reaction vid to the album?


Jim

[MiB81]

The Last Men On The Moon....Wolf Alice have a song on their album released this year called "The Last Man on Earth" ... it's a better song than this.

I remember, back in the early '80's, playing Shah Shah A Go Go to a mate who, on hearing the Stranglers tune made what is still, probably, the most
flaccid, feeble criticism I have ever heard, "Yeah it's ok, " he told me, "but it's not a patch on Einstein A Go Go".

[jason]

The Last Men On The Moon....Wolf Alice have a song on their album released this year called "The Last Man on Earth" ... it's a better song than this.

I remember, back in the early '80's, playing Shah Shah A Go Go to a mate who, on hearing the Stranglers tune made what is still, probably, the most
flaccid, feeble criticism I have ever heard, "Yeah it's ok, " he told me, "but it's not a patch on Einstein A Go Go".

I hope you told your mate where to go go!

[Paul]

I think the production is excellent, not a bad song on the album and I reckon its a grower. Better than Giants on first listen. There's a lot to it, its complex and deep. It'll get better the more it gets listened to methinks

[StanInBlack]

as for Stans criticism on snare on Man on Moon,sounds fine to me as a to heavy snare sound would ruin the song

I agree that an '80s Phil Collins type of snare sound would have been unsuitable for the track. I mean, that's obviously a given and obviously not what I was saying.

[StanInBlack]

I remember, back in the early '80's, playing Shah Shah A Go Go to a mate who, on hearing the Stranglers tune made what is still, probably, the most
flaccid, feeble criticism I have ever heard, "Yeah it's ok, " he told me, "but it's not a patch on Einstein A Go Go".

Obviously, I disagree.

[Greatkudu]

as for Stans criticism on snare on Man on Moon,sounds fine to me as a to heavy snare sound would ruin the song

I agree that an '80s Phil Collins type of snare sound would have been unsuitable for the track. I mean, that's obviously a given and obviously not what I was saying.

Well my personal preference for snare sound generally is a crisper fuller sound, i achieve this with my Promuco shelled snare and hydraulic heads which give a fat crisp sound, Jim's does sound a bit muffled, but on if you should see Dave it sounds more like the sound Jet had. Lt kudu.

[StanInBlack]

Well my personal preference for snare sound generally is a crisper fuller sound, i achieve this with my Promuco shelled snare and hydraulic heads which give a fat crisp sound, Jim's does sound a bit muffled, but on if you should see Dave it sounds more like the sound Jet had. Lt kudu.

There's a lot of things that can affect the sound of a snare on a recording - the actual characteristics of the snare itself, but also how it's recorded at the source and how it's treated in post.

[Jon the Impaler]

Did anyone do a YouTube reaction vid to the album?


Jim

You can't lock them on YouTube , can you ?