Instant Gratification (Dance Gavin Dance album)
| Instant Gratification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by Dance Gavin Dance | ||||
| Released | April 14, 2015 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 42:49 | |||
| Label | Rise | |||
| Producer | Kris Crummett | |||
| Dance Gavin Dance chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Singles from Instant Gratification | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Exclaim! |   |
| Sputnikmusic |   |
| FDRMX |  |
| Absolutepunk | |
Instant Gratification is the sixth full-length album by American post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance, and was released on April 14, 2015. The lead single "On the Run" was released for digital download on February 12, 2015.
It is the band's first album in eight years to feature the same set of vocalists from one consecutive release to another, with Jonny Craig and Jon Mess being featured on Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean and the follow-up Downtown Battle Mountain (the vocal duo didn't appear again until Downtown Battle Mountain II four years later) and Jon Mess and Tilian Pearson both being featured on the previous album Acceptance Speech.
The band performed the song "Something New", the third track on Instant Gratification, live for the first time in December 2014 on the Rise Records Tour. The band released the album's lead single, "On the Run" on February 12, 2015. On March 12, "We Own The Night" was released as the second single from the album. On April 2, the music video for "Stroke God, Millionaire" was released. With the early release of the album during a 2-day show at the Boardwalk, the album was leaked onto the Internet through various websites on April 4, 2015.
Exclaim! described the music on Instant Gratification as "experimental math-rock infused with post-hardcore".
Track 10 is listed as "Death of the Strawberry Swisher" in the inner note of the album.
In support of the album, Dance Gavin Dance announced The Instant Gratification Tour in North America with supporting acts Polyphia, Hail the Sun, and Stolas. The tour began on April 14 and concluded on May 8, 2015.
Instant Gratification received generally positive reviews from music critics.
Branan Ranjanathan from Exclaim!, called the record "a culmination of the band's growth over the years," further writing that the band have managed "to outdo themselves...by exploiting all of the strongest points of their previous records."
...
Wikipedia