THEY NONSTOP AMAZE ME | Instant Gratification - Dance Gavin Dance (Full Album Reaction/Review)

[@trashdomj]

@39:57 , the way jon writes his lyrics is pretty unique, he prioritizes the feel and sound of certain words together (for example “leaky Barbie TV party pee in the park”), a lot of his lyrics come off as nonsensical but he writes about some really deep shit sometimes like existential dread and psychedelic phenomena. He’s blurring the line between having fun and being serious

[@3kingspowerlifting119]

Well said man

[@kurizmuhOKC]

Yes! I came to comments, knowing DGDNation would have provided the sweet intel. My follow up would be that it my understanding, from the get-go and well into today: The primary idea behind the band is to have fun making (good) music. I think that applies lyrically, also. Another great watch through! Agreed, it's INSANE that these guys seem to only improve!!

[@seankillar123]

i like to think jons lyrics represents the shit he have in our heads at times which we hide from people while tillians smooth & melodic vocals represents what we try to appeal to people there are times where they both sing together I.E "Am I the reason that you can't look past your future self?" part from variation represents our minds and actions are in sync (which imo makes the lyrics dramatic)

[@lonnlight]

thats called being a bad song writer

[@mosiacmaniacswarm]

@@lonnlight thats called writing your own style of songs

[@trashdomj]

this band is fucking crazy I have no clue how they just get better and better, once in a lifetime band

[@seankillar123]

also if you really anaylyze their lyrics it has so much depth it mostly deals about yearning for love and acceptance from other people but you're emotionally unavailable (social trauma) so you resort to "instant gratification" the end result is your soul being lost from materialistic practices which is the theme of the last two songs.......(just my perspective)

[@M_reapr]

Yes but don't sleep on mastodon their like a darker sludgier type of dgd band they are very busy progressive and psychedelic but take post hardcore out and place rock instead

[@blacktoblack7292]

in the chorus inside "variation" they say "stuck and glued", which is a throwback to secret band, which will swan, jon mess, drummer play in as another project. Also mothership is next, and holy crap...

[@EmilianoSoca]

Tilian, the clean singer, said that this album was a sort of consolidation between him and the band, he made some nice hooks with his vocals and merged perfectly with Jon (unclean singer) and the rest of the amazing guys. And you can feel it, since this album, the catchy parts began. That doesn't mean that the last ones didn't have it, but there was some huge difference. Tilian was for sure a great level up for the band... In my opinion. Without leaving aside Will's awesome parts, Tim's upfront bass and Matt's technique.

[@zmau7219]

LEGEND is SOOO good. What an Iconic song for Tilian.

[@lessur]

idk if it's just me but a lot of the songs on this album are criminally underrated compared to most of their discography

[@AutomaticDuck300]

Something New from 10:05 to 10:23 is my definition of beauty

[@stillcrashlanding]

This is a no skip album without a doubt.

[@MBStudios]

IMO, Legend, Variation, and Awkward are the trio of underrated gems in the album.

[@Cornchps827]

Favorite album

[@arthurlisi9296]

It my favorite hands down

[@_tokii__]

Only half way through the album, I loved how you immediately put IG in S tier @19:34

[@kurizmuhOKC]

The entire reaction to the track Awkward should be clipped and sent to Will.

[@carlsep17]

I love to see people showing Variation some love. “AM I THE REASON THAT YOU CANT LOOK PAST YOUR FUTURE SELF”

[@LNRDi]

Love how that guitar lick in Eagles vs. Crows was their kind of little shoutout to the guitar work done in Tides of Man.

[@scratch1scratch178]

I just love the fact you put Instant Gratification in the S tier section while listening to Awkward. That was my same reaction when I discovered the song too

[@cacahuetemodeste5710]

and the priceless reaction when you start to headbanging during the first second of the chorus and then the melo get you into your feels

[@kurizmuhOKC]

HIT ME WITH THAT CHORUS AGAIN, DUDE..

[@aziskarimsantoso]

The first and last song on their album is always good

[@kennedyfiggdrums]

Bro… you aren’t ready for "mothership“.. I’ve been listening to this band since 2008, and mothership is definitely DGD at its peak 🙌🏼 that album is absolutely insane.

[@EmilianoSoca]

Nobody was ready for Mothership

[@kennedyfiggdrums]

@@EmilianoSoca this is true lol

[@El-ingobernable]

@@kennedyfiggdrums dude a friend showed me DGD back when they were brand new 2006 and i stopped listening around the time Happiness came out. not cause i didnt like them anymore... i really dont know why i stopped. it happened with Linkin Park as well. even saw them in 2003 and stopped listening a couple years later. anyway Mothership was the album that got me back into DGD. had to check out the previous albums with Tilian.

[@Swagaroni]

Mothership has some cool tracks but this album is better as a whole imo

[@EmilianoSoca]

@@Swagaroni Yeah, both are really good, I prefer Mothership cause it's heavier and more technical, but as Josiah said, Mothership doesn't have the same interaction between Tilian and Jon, which it is in Instant Gratification, going back and forth and also sounds more poppy, so both are amazing, with different elements and styles that definitely makes them their best albums. Each album has their style and vibe, that's unique

[@levilee207]

God Tim's tone on this record is unbelievable

[@josh043p6]

Bro. Just wait til Mothership. Soooo amazing!

[@2xRainb0w]

Death of a strawberry was the banger that got me into these guys. keen for mothership, definitely their most technical and heavy. If you run out of stuff to check out, gravemind 2019 album conduit is dope.

[@alanrezawisnadi2191]

dam eagle vs. crows one of my best. thanks for react my fav band

[@scual760]

Let’s give credit to Mattias Adolffson for those amazing album covers!!

[@kurizmuhOKC]

And Kris Crummet(?) the magical man responsible for the mixing and mastering magic!! (See acceptance speech malarkey)

[@Swagaroni]

This is probably my favorite album by them. You should check out Good Tiger newest album. They actually toured with DGD and The Contortionist a while back

[@TheDustyMuffinsss]

I'ma say in right fucking now: they don't get fucking better as they go, they've just always been pumping out masterpieces.

[@keldricharts]

That instant S tier was the best

[@rfadndhfa6440]

DGD has claimed to be somewhat of a parody in the sense that they include lyrics that dont mean anything. Some of the lyrics do mean stuff tho. Also they go for a different sound every album so rather than considering it progression its more of a different vibe every album

[@YwKSniping]

so tilians lyrics are usually based on one of two things: romance or religion- he grew up with a scientologist father and you can see the themes specifically in "inspire the liars" (you havent heard yet) and "lost", and much of the other ones are clearly aimed at a love interest or about an ex jons lyrics are usually complete or mostly complete nonsense, he just makes it sound good but among the nonsense you can usually find some themes that are related to the general idea of the song the recurring song titles "robot, strawberry" etc are not usually directly referenced in the songs but when they are its usually a few lines thrown in, in jons lyrics

[@EmilianoSoca]

Jon is god, it's actually pretty hard write nonsense lyrics and fit with the song, even tho his lyrics has a very deep background. Ironic

[@pukethedayaway366]

literally their best album in my opinion, every song is a fucking banger.

[@admiremymoonsault]

there’s sumn bout listening to dgd @ 4:00 in the morning it hit different.. couldn’t have said it better myself. listening to this band in my car driving stoned is an experience i wish i could relive all the time

[@arthurlisi9296]

It’s their best album hands down

[@MrB0Obs]

maybe for the next album have the lyrics up for each song. great video love what youre doing with going through the DGD catalog

[@6op491]

Didnt find any social media on your channel so i guess i just ask here. Is there any chance of seeing Architects on this channel? Lost Forever // Lost Together and All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us is pure masterpiece. Architects at their finest. And thank you for your full album reactions

[@RUNTY_OW]

No, I've already listened to their discography before I made this channel.

[@ShaneAOF]

@@RUNTY_OW what about Alexisonfire?

[@SRankerDMC]

Loved the reaction to Awkward

[@jacoblade6761]

the reaction @7:23 says "again with the bangers?!"

[@ryanchain9746]

youre gonna lose your shit with Mothership lmao. my only wish is that this reaction would come sooner cus damn

[@TheM4x0]

Do secret band after dgd, it's dgd minus a clean vocalist. Jon mess kills it

[@Gsanchez-3]

What is the band you were mentioning to listen to? Hola? Lol

[@Gsanchez-3]

@Matthew Gammon thanks man!

[@danielfreitas9084]

I'm loving it bro but you gotta listen to hail the sun new age filth full album please do take a listen bro 🤫🥳😭

[@Ricardo-nv4vg]

Good band

[@Cornchps827]

Awkward is such a good song

[@TheRealXenosapien]

Been a fan since 08, kinda fell off after Artificial Selection This is their best album.

[@liambuchan]

RIP Tim some crazy bass lines in here

[@elementyourmom]

Awesome album! Now.. ALL ABOARD THE MOTHERSHIP. 🟡♾🔥🔥🔥 P.S. Afterburner sucks ass (imo)