New Dance Gavin Dance single

2018-04-05 by SteakByrnes | 129 Comments
Sacramento post hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance have released their first single from their upcoming 8th album, Artificial Selection.

The song is titled 'Midnight Crusade', and it comes with a music video directed by Samuel Halleen.

The album drops on June 8th.

Check out the new track here:



Tagged: Dance Gavin Dance

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AffableMartyr
April 5th 2018
966 Comments


Mess goes off at the end talking about licking baby poop, Banger!

cold
April 5th 2018
6735 Comments


I'M KISSING A BABY AND LICKING THE POOP


AffableMartyr
April 5th 2018
966 Comments


Tillian sounds pretty good too

cold
April 5th 2018
6735 Comments


A lil more raspy than usual, but I'm super pumped for this albummmm

Toondude10
April 5th 2018
15365 Comments


aside from the lyrics (as usual) and the ending, this was pretty decent

DinosaurJones
April 5th 2018
10414 Comments


As per the usual, people that like DGD will enjoy this, and people that don't like DGD will shit all over it.

I think it's p good

bloc
April 5th 2018
70880 Comments


https://youtu.be/0dbXnfl8ZcM

BRUHHHHHHHHHH

Dreakon
April 5th 2018
453 Comments


Figured I'd be kinda burnt out on DGD after running Mothership (and their discog in general) into the ground, but I'm diggin' this.

That being said, must be nice when you can make music where the lyrics just don't matter. They've written the same nonsense for almost 4+ albums now... since Mess started just combining together "words that sound right" at least. Yet I keep listening. *shrug* Sounds good at least.

bgillesp
April 5th 2018
8871 Comments


Ive checked every DGD and they all were 3.5s for me. I must be a weird one

stuck_in_decades
April 5th 2018
814 Comments


mingus kills this track, kinda tired of mess' lyrics. tilian seems to be gaining a rasp but losing his voice or at least his range since he started smoking more as heard in a few recent live videos. ending is cool, v DBM2.

iChuckles
Staff Reviewer
April 5th 2018
806 Comments


Song gets better with every listen. I've been dick-riding these guys ever since DBM2 and they've yet to disappoint me. Very very excited for this new album (which apparently features Kurt Travis and has 14 tracks on it lol).

Rowan5215
Emeritus
April 5th 2018
48381 Comments


boring as shit till that Mess ending which, holy fuck the old Mess is still alive I guess

keen for the Kurt track

Duckman118
April 5th 2018
388 Comments


How the fuck does this band manage to consistently sound fresh to me. Jesus I love it

TheSpirit
Emeritus
April 5th 2018
30304 Comments


The chorus is absolutely fantastic and Mess kills it as usual. It sounds like Dance Gavin Dance zaniness played to the cadence of a hardcore band during the verses. Some very "traditional" DGD eccentricities sprinkled throughout which are sweet.

This and Mothership will be (up to this point) the best Tilian has ever sounded I think. He's finally taking risks with his voice.

Excited AF for the album.


McTime50
April 5th 2018
1022 Comments


DGD is pretty much a formula at this point.

But god damn, is it one tasty formula.

TheTripP
April 5th 2018
4911 Comments


Okay i like about 3 songs total from this band... WILL I LIKE THIS?!?!

OwMySnauze
April 5th 2018
2655 Comments


Mess’ ending part of the song is the best

DinosaurJones
April 5th 2018
10414 Comments


Only one way to find out Aaron

TheTripP
April 5th 2018
4911 Comments


u rite...

CatfishSoup
April 5th 2018
383 Comments


My first listen was a bit eh, but enjoyable. About 10 replays in and i'm loving it. DGD have done it again.

MuhNamesTyler
April 5th 2018
6711 Comments


How

cold
April 5th 2018
6735 Comments


MAGIC

TheSpirit
Emeritus
April 5th 2018
30304 Comments


Just heard from Martin (Secret Band guitarist) and he said out of the 3 songs he did for this album, this was the poppiest.

AffableMartyr
April 5th 2018
966 Comments


Hoping for a heavier album

cold
April 5th 2018
6735 Comments


Totally just noticed that's the robot's severed arm is in the beginning of the video, that's too gnarly.

Prancer
April 5th 2018
1652 Comments


Mess's screams used to suck last time I heard this band years ago. He sounds a lot better here.

CygnusX1
April 5th 2018
809 Comments


Song rips, especially that ending. Hyped for the album

SteakByrnes
April 5th 2018
31061 Comments


Song is a banger yea

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
April 5th 2018
31877 Comments


yes

BlueandOrange
April 5th 2018
85 Comments


bois r back fuuuuuuk yeaahhh

bigweinerdon
April 5th 2018
2870 Comments


Pretty boring, standard DGD

TheSpirit
Emeritus
April 5th 2018
30304 Comments


but standard DGD isn't boring?

iglu
April 5th 2018
1742 Comments


why does tillian look like a skinny seth rogen?

SteakByrnes
April 5th 2018
31061 Comments


Why do people always spell his name with two L's when it's only one??

DinosaurJones
April 5th 2018
10414 Comments


BECAUSE I'M NEVER SURE, so I just go back and forth between one or two

OwMySnauze
April 5th 2018
2655 Comments


Rogen is overrated

jouroboros
April 5th 2018
236 Comments


that chorus is gonna be stuck in my head for the remainder of the day.. possibly the remainder of the year. hell fucking yes

ZombieToyDuck
April 5th 2018
7203 Comments


this was REAL GOOD

SteakByrnes
April 5th 2018
31061 Comments


I KNOW
III KNOOOOOOWWWW
IT'S KILLING ME

CradleofMILF
April 5th 2018
168 Comments


I think the drums were the strongest part of the whole song. And the ending was killer as well!!!

SteakByrnes
April 5th 2018
31061 Comments


That is a good comment Darius

SteakByrnes
April 5th 2018
31061 Comments


Disagree, I think both Tilian and Jon sound great in the mix

ESPECIALLY that ending section from Jon, my boi goes in

tellah
April 5th 2018
1313 Comments


this is so damn catchy

JeetJeet
April 5th 2018
12802 Comments


Eh. This is ok.

Trebor.
Emeritus
April 5th 2018
60316 Comments


I didn't hate this

Toondude10
April 5th 2018
15365 Comments


"but standard DGD isn't boring?"

it can be

henryChinaski
April 5th 2018
5187 Comments


Decent song, screams still suck as per usual tho.

AlasKenColors
April 5th 2018
167 Comments


It's funny that as often as these guys pump new material out and the overall "samey-ness" of each, I've found every release to be a fresh and awesome listen.

bloc
April 5th 2018
70880 Comments


Why is he playing a Strat though

Momentai
April 5th 2018
219 Comments


God I love Tilian era DGD more and more each album. Tilian and Mess have never sounded better then these last two albums and its fucking awesome. This song is a catchy intersting riff fest till that ending knocks it out of the park. Tilian also has some pretty great hooks here. More songs soon plssss

disciple31
April 5th 2018
69 Comments


This definitely doesn't sound quite the same as the rest of the tilian-DGD albums have.

cold
April 5th 2018
6735 Comments


"Why is he playing a Strat though"

Will Swan plays what he wants because he's a swan

TheSpirit
Emeritus
April 5th 2018
30304 Comments


Interesting tweet Will put out:

"Thanks everyone for the kind words about our new track. I’m excited for people to hear the range of styles we throw down on this album. It’s all over the place. It’s impossible for us to choose a single that represents the whole album’s sound and I think that’s a good thing."


DinosaurJones
April 5th 2018
10414 Comments


Man, that gets me more hype than the single.

cold
April 5th 2018
6735 Comments


I'm gonna wear the song out before the album even comes out.

RippingCorpse1986
April 5th 2018
3229 Comments


Wtf new song
Does it suck or S U C C ?

upintheair
April 5th 2018
457 Comments


Now you're on a midnight crusade flexing your stats, but you can't touch me.

XingKing
April 5th 2018
16313 Comments


I'm honestly surprised at the positive reactions here.

Get Low
April 5th 2018
15074 Comments


I'm not. The DGD fans on this site would lick this band's boots.

RippingCorpse1986
April 5th 2018
3229 Comments


Tbh I haven't even bothered to rejam their last two albums so I guess I shouldn't check this or make a judgment cause I'm not very familiar with their current sound

JayEnder
April 5th 2018
22642 Comments


“screams still suck as usual” fuck off

Thealwaysopenedmind
April 5th 2018
714 Comments


I like this a lot. Especially the ending. That's a bit of a different transition and flow for them.

pjquinones747
April 5th 2018
4287 Comments


This track was borderline boring by DGD standards up until that BRIDGE. Holy shit.

outliers
April 5th 2018
5304 Comments


Why do people like this so much

Daedus
April 5th 2018
239 Comments


Screams are fine. Lyrics are fuckboi trash, as usual. Tilian got the catchy, clean choruses on lock. Yet another DGD song that does something interesting for 10 seconds of its runtime while the rest of the track shits itself.


Pass.

GreyShadow
April 5th 2018
8001 Comments


Will said this is going to be a diverse one and I'm really stoked on that.

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
April 6th 2018
12084 Comments


as per usual about 2/3s good, 1/3 bad and the bad is all Mess.

bigweinerdon
April 6th 2018
2870 Comments


I don't think I have ever seen a more overrated band. Song is a 5/10 at best.

enjoimx
April 6th 2018
86 Comments


so....when did val kilmer join the band?

Aberf
April 6th 2018
4000 Comments


Would I ever change opinion of DGD after I listen to this single?

Nope, still nope. Awkward vocal melody and transitions, abysmal lyrics (as always), and decent screaming. On top of that, these goddamn songwritings since Instant Gratification are just awful.

RippingCorpse1986
April 6th 2018
3229 Comments


Don't know what's with you grumpy guys, really enjoying this. Vox were always ''hit or miss'' with these guys tho, we know that hehehehe.

betray
April 6th 2018
9392 Comments


i've listened to this about forty times now since it leaked out yesterday, I've gotta say I really enjoy it.

RippingCorpse1986
April 6th 2018
3229 Comments


''The hate will land in soon''
Dayummm Darius was right ;(

RFO13
April 6th 2018
97 Comments


is horrible lyrics just something that is accepted by dgd fans? (actually curious, not being facetious)

JayEnder
April 6th 2018
22642 Comments


Aberf 3.5’d a Chief Keef album lol

Lalka
April 6th 2018
174 Comments


sweet

ZachNyeScienceGuy
April 6th 2018
179 Comments


I feel like Jon's batshit, non-sensical lyrics were a byproduct of Jonny Craig being a horrible trainwreck of a songwriter on DBM II. Then it kinda caught on with IG and became intentional on Mothership. His lyrics always had a weird angle, personality and sense of symbolism to them before, but he's def gone awol lately. Tbh, I feel like he's just embraced the fact he's a meme and the fanbase just rolls with it.

ZachNyeScienceGuy
April 6th 2018
179 Comments


Personally, I see DGD as a fun band to not really take all that seriously. So things like lyrics don't matter to me in the long run, tho. As long as the music sounds enjoyable and I have some chuckles along the way, I'm good.

stuck_in_decades
April 6th 2018
814 Comments


Jon's lyrics on DBM2 were actually fun and even clever at times though, now it's just idiocy for the sake of it to, like you said, please the newer fanbase.

hobblepot
April 6th 2018
2994 Comments


this band has embraced their culty meme status, Jons eccentricity is vital to this band. solid track, super excited for the album

hallgath
April 6th 2018
58 Comments


last chorus into the bridge is a one way ticket to boner town for me. Can't hear the last Mess bit without thinking of the video haha

Danred97
April 6th 2018
2544 Comments


Really great track. Jon is just embracing the self-parody of his lyrics by now. It bothered me a bit on mothership at first, but I've learned to love and accept the shallow nonsense that Mess has been writing for 2+ albums.

Momentai
April 6th 2018
219 Comments


so many bad mess takes here lol. The lyrics have beent this way since dmb2. "swallow your sisters night stand might cover up the clogging pores.." He just likes finding intersting ways to combine lyrics and to find either an emotionally impactful combination or a more silly one. Either way his delivery lately is nuts and if you dont like the nonsensical lyrics then sure but its not an inherently bad thing to go about them in that way.

SteakByrnes
April 6th 2018
31061 Comments


Jon Mess is the man tbh

CygnusX1
April 6th 2018
809 Comments


I don't know why some people take the lyrics seriously. They're just goofy nonsense. They aren't trying to be anything but ridiculous and over the top. Just look at their song titles. Their band name is Dance Gavin Dance for fucks sake

BlueSwan
April 6th 2018
570 Comments


amazing 10/10 would buy a bundle on merchnow

Bootface
April 6th 2018
57 Comments


has tillian always been a gap toothed son of a bitch!?!?!

SteakByrnes
April 6th 2018
31061 Comments


Yes actually

stuck_in_decades
April 6th 2018
814 Comments


''The lyrics have beent this way since dmb2.''

well yes, but i prefer stuff like ''you'll go far on the back of a potato, making french fries in the snow'' over ''i'm kissing a baby and licking the poop'' to be honest because the former is somewhere between stupid and funny, maybe even a bit clever, and the latter is just plain stupid.

SteakByrnes
April 6th 2018
31061 Comments


Baggy and awfully, bumpy and blistery, brutally homeless and fluffy

stuck_in_decades
April 6th 2018
814 Comments


HEY THEEEERE, PRETTY GIIIII-

okay lets not get carried away here, but yeah that's one of the examples of some of my fav dbm2 lyrics as well that jon seemingly just threw out and replaced with poop, sack, fap and memelike buzzwords.

SteakByrnes
April 6th 2018
31061 Comments


DBM2 is top tier Mess lyrics yea, but I still get a chuckle from his recent lyrical output

Bootface
April 6th 2018
57 Comments


awww yeah boizz thug city is legit the song that got me into DGD. So needless to say, I'm down with the lyrics. There are some bands where the music needs good lyrics to survive, and there are some bands where the music survives on its own. DGD is the latter.

Momentai
April 7th 2018
219 Comments


His lyrics on dbm2 are amazing i agree. But I think theyre still really strong in the Tilian era as well as far as being fun and silly. The man strings some creative phrases together well and his delivery has been next level since AS

bloc
April 7th 2018
70880 Comments


I always admired his gaptooth, he totally owns it. Good looking dude.

Bootface
April 7th 2018
57 Comments


10/10 would eff tillian. 11/10 if he let me put it BETWEEN THE GAP

SteakByrnes
April 7th 2018
31061 Comments


Tilian is a handsome boi

jimmykidd
April 7th 2018
640 Comments


good track. standard DGD and i love it. they're just consistently good.

bloc
April 7th 2018
70880 Comments


https://youtu.be/YXIyKQi_FOw?t=184

SteakByrnes
April 7th 2018
31061 Comments


lmao bloc

bloc
April 7th 2018
70880 Comments


My favourite lyric of all time

ZachNyeScienceGuy
April 7th 2018
179 Comments


At the end of the day, DGD aren't writing emotionally deep or compelling lyrical content and in a genre of music that takes itself way too seriously that's refreshing. They're just out to have fun.

That being said, nothing will ever top stuff like "I pushed a bunch of little people over once," "Widdle babby meow meow boo," or "If your mama was a bed of kites then we could fly away and fuck this night, right."

iChuckles
Staff Reviewer
April 7th 2018
806 Comments


"'The lyrics have beent this way since dmb2.''

well yes, but i prefer stuff like ''you'll go far on the back of a potato, making french fries in the snow'' over ''i'm kissing a baby and licking the poop'' to be honest because the former is somewhere between stupid and funny, maybe even a bit clever, and the latter is just plain stupid."

Rise Records just updated the description with lyrics, it's actually:

"I'm kissin a baby that lickin a boot
I live in a deli put meat on your tooth
My business is pregnant and flauntin off nude
Im smokin a chicken i took out the coupe"

In other words, Jon's lyrics are still batshit crazy, but licking poop is still not on the agenda here lol.

stuck_in_decades
April 7th 2018
814 Comments


well thank fuck, poop would've been a new low, read through the rest as well and it's definitely better than everyone's initial interpretations.

SteakByrnes
April 7th 2018
31061 Comments


"Im smokin a chicken i took out the coupe"

My fuckin boi

bloc
April 7th 2018
70880 Comments


How does this nigga come up with this shit lol

JeetJeet
April 7th 2018
12802 Comments


Mess drops some gems sometimes. Like this one

"Put me in another place where I can wave at passing stars, and ask the one's who's held responsible, why planets spin like art
Drop an obelisk on top of men and teach them how to carve, a machine that sees the flaws to make circles out of shards. The invention!"

SteakByrnes
April 7th 2018
31061 Comments


New Secret Band when?

JeetJeet
April 7th 2018
12802 Comments


I feel like his best performances have been in Secret Band songs where he gets to go apeshit vocally

JeetJeet
April 7th 2018
12802 Comments


@Secret Band is better than DGD. Pretty sure its all the same members tho.

SteakByrnes
April 7th 2018
31061 Comments


Different bassist, another guitar player, and Mess is the only one doing vocals other than Swan here and there

CygnusX1
April 7th 2018
809 Comments


Check out Jon's latest instagram video. It's his best lyrical performance yet. That man is a genius.

bloc
April 7th 2018
70880 Comments


"He prob clicks the middle suggestion of his phone prediction text over and over"

lmao

RippingCorpse1986
April 8th 2018
3229 Comments


New track inspired me to try their last two albums again.
This band is still consistently amazing yeah.

Danred97
April 9th 2018
2544 Comments


The more I listen to this song, the more I love it. Might be one of the best chorus' DGD has done. Tilian fucking nailed it on this track.

Project
April 11th 2018
5957 Comments


I somehow missed that this came out. It's good. But writing good individual tracks was never DGD's problem, it's variety.


cold
April 12th 2018
6735 Comments


I don't even watch this video for the song anymore, I watch it purely for Jon Mess' facial expressions.

SteakByrnes
April 12th 2018
31061 Comments


I love that Mess is the only one who acts like that lmao

bloc
April 12th 2018
70880 Comments


Maybe he's the one with the coke and laptop problems, and Craig has been innocent this entire time

Astral Abortis
April 12th 2018
6731 Comments


good song

bloc
April 12th 2018
70880 Comments


Whatever, I ain't no drug expert

SteakByrnes
April 12th 2018
31061 Comments


Betrayed by the Game's music video is probably my favorite, both Tilian and Jon are being fuckin weirdos and I love it lmao

cold
April 12th 2018
6735 Comments


I just wanna snuggle and get cozy in Tilian’s gap

RippingCorpse1986
April 12th 2018
3229 Comments


Didn't expect to see that Astral guy posting on a DGD thread tbh

SteakByrnes
April 14th 2018
31061 Comments


Tilian's ahhhs in the bridge after the second chorus make me feel some type of way

Toondude10
April 19th 2018
15365 Comments


it's licking a boot, not licking the poop btw

DinosaurJones
April 19th 2018
10414 Comments


I prefer licking the poop.

cold
April 19th 2018
6735 Comments


I prefer licking the poop. [2]

SteakByrnes
April 19th 2018
31061 Comments


That was already cleared up



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