Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
For a band that harbors one of modern rock’s most electrifying, melodically creative guitarists currently active, they sure don’t get many questions about him. Following the release of their fifth album, 2013′s Acceptance Speech, Sacramento, California post-hardcore band, Dance Gavin Dance, still somehow manage to get more attention for frequent member turnover than the near virtuosic technical skill of their lead guitar player and primary songwriter, Will Swan.
Acceptance Speech marks the first recording featuring new clean vocalist, Tilian Pearson and sees the band delivering another solid, above average album thanks to Swan’s seemingly inexhaustible aquifer of guitar creativity and the band’s ever-present desire to experiment. Also, rapping guy is back again. So there’s that too.
All eleven tracks of Acceptance Speech will be analyzed in this review.
1. Jesus H. Macy – The album starts off in similar fashion to each of...
For a band that harbors one of modern rock’s most electrifying, melodically creative guitarists currently active, they sure don’t get many questions about him. Following the release of their fifth album, 2013′s Acceptance Speech, Sacramento, California post-hardcore band, Dance Gavin Dance, still somehow manage to get more attention for frequent member turnover than the near virtuosic technical skill of their lead guitar player and primary songwriter, Will Swan.
Acceptance Speech marks the first recording featuring new clean vocalist, Tilian Pearson and sees the band delivering another solid, above average album thanks to Swan’s seemingly inexhaustible aquifer of guitar creativity and the band’s ever-present desire to experiment. Also, rapping guy is back again. So there’s that too.
All eleven tracks of Acceptance Speech will be analyzed in this review.
1. Jesus H. Macy – The album starts off in similar fashion to each of...
- 11/3/2013
- by Steven Gergley
- Obsessed with Film
Aside from finding a miniature version of a large blonde friend of mine, last night’s gig in Hobos, Bridgend, had a number of surprises in store – whilst also reminding me; why it sucks to see bands you like who aren’t-as-big-as-they-should-be live, but also why it’s really good too. It was a pretty drab Sunday in all fairness but the gig made up for that, so I’ll not go on and on and just get down to reviewing the gig.
First on were Violet, a youthful six piece from Derby who whilst showing a lot of promise, and a lot of talent in musicianship and vocals, seemed to be a little bit indebted to their influences – especially Dance Gavin Dance. It’s no bad thing wearing your influences on your sleeve but it came across more like Dance Gavin Dance Jr than anything, but the band are...
First on were Violet, a youthful six piece from Derby who whilst showing a lot of promise, and a lot of talent in musicianship and vocals, seemed to be a little bit indebted to their influences – especially Dance Gavin Dance. It’s no bad thing wearing your influences on your sleeve but it came across more like Dance Gavin Dance Jr than anything, but the band are...
- 5/13/2013
- by Morgan Roberts
- Obsessed with Film
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