Dance Gavin Dance Announces “Tree City Sessions 3” Out Digitally on May 22nd; Watch New Music Video “Need Money”
Fresh off the release of their 11th studio album Pantheon, rock band Dance Gavin Dance is excited to revisit some old favorites on their upcoming release Tree City Sessions 3. The album features re-recorded tracks from throughout the band’s discography, including a new version of “Need Money”. Tree City Sessions 3 will be available via Rise Records digitally as well as the label’s webstore on May 22nd,with a full physical retail release to follow on June 19th. There will also be a limited edition tour variant available at shows on the band’s tour from May 22nd (while stock lasts). Pre-save/pre-order the album now at https://dancegavindance.lnk.to/TC3.
Front man Jon Mess shares: “‘Need Money’ is an underrated song. It’s weird and fun, and you gotta love those horns.”
Dance Gavin Dance will be on tour this spring. The two month long North American headline run features special guests The Fall Of Troy, Horse The Band, Wolf & Bear, and Novelists. It kicks off on May 5th in Austin, with stops to follow in Chicago, Milwaukee, Toronto, Boston, New York City, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Denver, Anaheim, and more. Dance Gavin Dance will also be performing at a number of festivals throughout the year, including Sonic Temple and several dates of the Vans Warped Tour. Tickets for all upcoming dates are on sale now at https://dancegavindanceband.com/.
About Dance Gavin Dance
Formed in Sacramento, California in 2005, Dance Gavin Dance – today comprised of vocalist/guitarist Andrew Wells, his fellow frontman Jon Mess, lead guitarist Will Swan, and drummer Matthew Mingus – are a powerhouse of alternative music; true originals and originators alike, crafting an exhilarating cacophony of sounds and disparate styles that harmonizes everything from funk through metalcore to post-hardcore, pop sensibilities colliding with progressive, kaleidoscopic song structures. With four Billboard 200 Top 15 albums to their name and one of the most deeply fanatical fanbases in modern music fuelling millions of record sales and billions of streams, as the esteemed Rock Sound magazine attests: “There is no band on earth like Dance Gavin Dance.”
Pantheon, Dance Gavin Dance’s 11th full-length record and the follow-up to 2022’s Jackpot Juicer, is an album born first and foremost from reflection – on what Dance Gavin Dance was, is, and, crucially, could still be. It’s an astonishing listen that sees Dance Gavin Dance shift back towards the band’s heavier, more experimental beginnings. Without forgoing any of the accessibility and songcrafting craft of Jackpot Juicer and 2020’s Afterburner before it, Pantheon succeeds in sandblasting away the pop sheen that has glossed the band’s recent output to leave something altogether edgier, coarser, tactile. Lyrically, it channels thoughts and themes that are similarly abrasive. It’s a record that navigates an undercurrent of instability, frustration and exasperation, the jarring, dueling delivery of Wells and his thrillingly erratic, freeform counterpoint Mess the embodiment of Pantheon’s inner conflicts and confusion. It poses an abundance of questions while rationing its answers.