Dance Gavin Dance (Album)

Dance Gavin Dance is the second studio album by American post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance and released through Rise Records on August 19, 2008. The album sold 3,800 copies in its first week, after the band had distributed several songs over the MySpace social network: "Alex English", "Me and Zoloft Get Along Fine", "The Robot with Human Hair, Pt. 3" and "Caviar". Dance Gavin Dance is the first album by the band not to include clean vocalist Jonny Craig and Sean O'Sullivan, but the first to feature guitarist Zac Garren and vocalist Kurt Travis; and hence, the last with vocalist Jonathan Mess and bassist Eric Lodge, both of who left shortly after its recording, though before the album was released. The album was SmartPunk.com's "Smartpick of the Month", and the website offered a stream of the entire album from August 17 through 20. A music video has been released for the song "Me and Zoloft Get Along Just Fine". The album peaked at number 172 on the Billboard 200 and 26 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Track Listing

1. "Alex English"
2. "Buffalo!"
3. "Me and Zoloft Get Along Just Fine"
4. "The Robot with Human Hair Pt. 3"
5. "Hot Water on Wool"
6. "Hot Water on Wool (Reprise)"
7. "Uneasy Hearts Weigh the Most" (featuring Nic Newsham of Gatsby's American Dream)
8. "Caviar" (featuring Chino Moreno of Deftones)
9. "Rock Solid" (featuring Matt Geise of Lower Definition)
10. "Burning Down the Nicotine Armoire Pt. 2"
11. "Reprogramming Mental Preprogramming"
12. "Skyhook"
13. "People You Know"

Personnel

Dance Gavin Dance

• Kurt Travis - clean vocals
• Jonathan Mess - unclean vocals
• Will Swan - lead guitar
• Eric Lodge - bass guitar
• Zac Garren - rhythm guitar
• Matt Mingus - drums and percussion

Additional Musicians

• Nic Newsham - vocals on track 7
• Chino Moreno - vocals on track 8
• Matt Geise - vocals on track 9

Production

• Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Kris Crummett
• Artwork by Mattias Adolfsson

Music Video

Dance Gavin Dance - Me and Zoloft Get Along Just Fine (Official Music Video)

Dance Gavin Dance - Me and Zoloft Get Along Just Fine

References

• http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=487051
• http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=28941
• http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=2682913
• http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1593604/20080827/jonas_brothers.jhtml
• http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/6480
• http://www.reaxmusic.com/news_posts/view/smartpunkcom_streams_dance_gavin_dance-707
• http://www.pluginmusic.com/news/archive.php?id=3642
• http://www.billboard.com/search/?keyword=dance+gavin+dance#/album/dance-gavin-dance/dance-gavin-dance/1159034