Dance Gavin Dance Band • Page 39

Tbh, I hear a lot more Issues and OM&M in here than, for example, PTV or Silverstein (never listened to The Fall of Troy). Maybe it's something I need to spend more time with, because I do enjoy quite a bit of post hardcore.

 

You took what I said too seriously, cause I essentially meant I was reading Mothership's lyrics for the first time. I'm pretty familiar with most of their albums lyrics, and I think this album takes the cake by far for Mess's.... mess.

 

i wanna see them on this tour but its the same night as dillinger escape plan/obrother/cult leader sooooooo u kno what im choosing

 

Also this band is not post-hardcore.

Guitars + drums + clean vocals + unclean vocals do not equal a post-hardcore band.

 

show me an issues song with this kind of technical ability and i'll agree but i dont think it exists

 

yeah i dont think they're post-hardcore (anymore) they're like, prog/math rock

 

It's just an animal ass whoop show.
Puppy dog had an accident.
Damn it, mammal.
Kangaroo cracks its dick in half.
The crowd sprayed crimson.
Shark dad ate a baby calf.
You still like burgers?
Clip clop clip clip clop.
Horse comes out and beats your parents up.

 

Like... how can someone read that and not like Mess' lyrics? That shit is fucking hilarious.

 

whats funny about it? its too incoherent to even be funny. its just a bunch of nonsense.

 

I listen to DGD specifically because they're the only band that can combine what I love about my favorite genres. Between Tilian's pop vocals, Jonny's R&B style, Will Swan's jazz/funk/metal (cause he's a G) and Mingus' odd rhythms in common time (another jazz element) they've pretty much got all the bases covered as far as what I like in music. I find most of the recent music from everyone on Rise (except for maybe Pvris) really boring and generic, so comparing them to their labelmates just seems odd to me, but I don't really listen to the genre anymore so I might be out of touch as to what it sounds like now. I kinda figured it just never changed tbh. I can get behind the Fall of Troy comparison though, Erak's guitar work and his vocal melodies are a much more similar sound to DGD imo than a band like Issues.

 

gone is gone is a pretty good rise band. mastodon/queens of the stone age/atdi supergroup

 

also yeah way back in the day when i was super into fall of troy i discovered dgd because they were on fall of troy's similar artists on last.fm

 

^^

It's like absurdism on copious amounts of coke and acid. If you don't find the mental images of kangaroo cracking its dick in half or a horse physically assaulting some kid's parents funny, then I'm just sad for you.

 

Some of Mess' lyrics are funny for sure, some absolutely miss the mark (the one about a cumming dick & butt cancer or something in Inspire The Liars? fucking stupid). The one quoted above is kinda funny to me for it's pure ridiculousness. For better or worse he is the only vocalist I can think of who can get away with being so ridiculous - he's a USP for this band for sure. Plus, he's genuinely an intelligent dude from what i've seen in interviews/AMA's, so that nonsense above may well have some meaning after all.

 

Pretty sure he screams "meow meow" in Chocolate Jackalope too.

 

"I couldn't wait to tap into the brain of my cat, and let him know he's my lil baby meow meow boo"

He does love his cats! I think his cat is called Timmy lol

 

the rise core parts sound kinda likerise core. They have been doing that more lately. The rest doesnt at all really unless you count squeaky high vocals.

 

There's so many moments on this album that I wish just weren't there. "Cocaine cringefest" is just atrocious.

 

If I could change my username I'd change it to "Cocaine Christmas"

 

You can for like one or two dollars. Don't let currency crush your dreams.

 

Oh I didn't know that...

 

You won't go through with it

 

Well I've paid to have my username changed so...

 

I've been on board with most Mess lyrics for most of this band's history but there are a LOT of really bad ones on this. Also Tilian is an atrocious lyricist, but that's been the case since he joined the band

 

His lyrics pre-Mothership were passable, but he's reached a whole new level now and I don't think the nonsense lyrics work for him the way they do for Jon since they're usually comprehensible on first listen.