Average Rating: 4.25 Rating Variance: 0.31 Objectivity Score: 46% (Poorly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicDance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain4.5 superbBorn of Osiris The Discovery4.0 excellentFleet Foxes Helplessness Blues3.5 greatDance Gavin Dance Downtown Battle Mountain IIOverall, I enjoyed the album. I can, however, tell that Jonny Craig and Jon Mess were mostly beholden to their label with this album; if the following line in "Spooks" doesn't explicitly state that, I don't know what does: "capitalize when you dumb it down." With that in mind, I feel the rest of the album can be seen as an obvious ploy to keep the new listeners they gained during the band's time with Kurt Travis. Having been a fan since the first Battle Mountain, I have seen a new breed of DGD fans who less enjoy the band's complex, metal-influenced instrumentation and Jonny Craig's cryptic lyrics, and more readily understand Travis' simpler, funky songs about girls. That said, Dance Gavin Dance did not entirely let me down with Battle Mountain Part 2 (except for the beginning of "Thug City." Seriously, that did not need to be there), and I await their next offering optimistic, but with a healthy skepticism that they may continue on the dumbed-down path.
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