![]() ![]() While the odd insanely high-note near the last bit of their set wasn't fully attempted, as there's some crazy head-voice going on there and the dude's already been up there for almost an hour belting it out, he'd hit slightly lower notes within a more comfortable range. So, as for this Melbourne show? Well, Tilian was truly in fine form! No lie, the dude had great pitch, projection, and control throughout their entire set. Whereas the second contrasting opinion is usually something like: " Oh, that guy is so inconsistent vocally, I saw a YouTube video of him singing live and it sucked." The first goes something along the lines of: " I saw DGD at X venue back in Y, and he was so good live, great singer". ![]() ![]() And there are two opposing opinions that will get mentioned here about singer Tilian Pearson. Now, whenever Dance Gavin Dance come up in conversation with fans or even people who aren't quite on-board, there's always a topic of discussion that gets brought up lighting fast: the vocals. Obviously, beggars cannot ever be choosers, and there's only so much time in the day (or rather, night) that a band can get while on-stage, but these absences were indeed noticeable. (That final breakdown of ' Midnight Crusade' is well-written bliss.) There was also no love for ' Betrayed By The Game',' Young Robot' and ' On The Run', which was a real shame, honestly. Bizarre considering both are two of the best tracks from 2018's brilliant ' Artificial Selection' LP and that they were both big singles for said record too. However, one point of criticism from me is that it was very odd to not see ' Care' and ' Midnight Crusade' get a mention. Even the sunny and quirky 2017 jam of ' Summertime Gladness' went off too people boogieing left, right and centre to it's funky rhythms and charmingly bright chords. And this setlist seemed perfectly curated for a live audience the Corner's band room being filled out wall-to-wall with loud'n'proud voices for every single track. Hungry and greedy defined the affection of many tonight, but in the best way possible. Let alone a completely sold-out one, with people that love all of the varying eras of DGD's career. There was plenty of bounce and engagement given these songs from the ravenous fans who haven't had a headline DGD tour out here in Australia for nearly four years now. Eight albums in, Dance Gavin Dance are at their most popular and at their most critically revered right now with shows like this, with songs like this, confirming that fact without the shadow of a doubt. The Giant Tortoise', ' Flossie Dickey Bounce' - a song where the lines " cocaine cringefest" have never sounded so dire - and, of course, the religion-starting ' Inspire The Liars' all went down like well-oiled machines from a band acting at their zenith. Some of the best ' Mothership' faves like ' Chucky vs. ' Suspended In This Disaster' and ' Count Bassy' both received some real love, with the former's chorus being HUGE and the anthemic, well-layered outro of the latter sounding so pristine. Tilian Pearson.ĭGD's dozen song setlist flew by in what felt like mere minutes there was such momentum to their pace. It was such a good set, in fact, that even Mark from Veil Of Maya couldn't help but crowdsurf around the Corner's infamous pillar at one point such a good set that even some of Belle Haven's members watched on lovingly from side-of-stage. Because no matter how you spun it, this show was just fun! Predominantly made up of ' Mothership' and ' Artificial Selection' material with a couple solid ' Instant Gratification' tunes like ' We Own The Night' and ' Death Of A Strawberry'? Yeah, sign me the fuck up! Add in the throw-back of ' Lemon Meringue Tie' from the first ' Downtown Battle Mountain' (AKA the non-shit ' Downtown Battle Mountain') for all of the OG fans in-attendance who never moved beyond 2007? Sure, throw it in and let's have some goddamn fun. Kicking off their glowing spotlight moment with ' Son Of Robot' and ' Frozen One', Dance Gavin Dance came out swinging hard and didn't let up until an obligatory encore nearly 45 or so killer minutes later. This headline set was just DGD bangers, pure and simple. All in a single night, no less, with Melbourne alternative heroes Belle Haven opening up the show for those who came down early to sweat their asses off inside of Richmond's finest. Who wants a three to four, or even five band bill where everyone sounds the fucking same? Sycophantic weirdos and cringey genre die-hards, that's who! So it was very interesting yet also quite refreshing to transition from the mechanical Marc Okubo riffage and headless-stock bass antics of Danny Hauser for Veil Of Maya's prog-metal, to the spiralling, colourful and hooky post-hardcore of Dance Gavin Dance. With a sold-out headliner at Melbourne's Corner Hotel over the weekend, Dance Gavin Dance proved why they aren't betrayed by the game & why they're at their peak right now. ![]()
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