Description
Dance Gavin Dance – Afterburner – Target Exclusive – Double Compact Disc
Comes in a digipak with a 10-page fold-out booklet.
2nd CD instrumental version is exclusive to this Target release.
Afterburner is a post-hardcore / experimental rock album that emphasizes genre blending, technical instrumentation, and dual-vocal contrast, continuing Dance Gavin Dance’s established formula while expanding into funk, pop, Latin, and alternative influences.
The album is built on complex guitar work, rapid tempo changes, and layered arrangements. Guitarist Will Swan drives the sound with technical riffs, syncopation, and math rock-inspired phrasing, often shifting between clean, funky passages and heavier distorted sections. The rhythm section supports with tight, dynamic drumming and groove-based basslines, contributing to frequent style transitions within songs.
The band maintains a dual-vocal structure: Tilian Pearson provides clean, high-register melodic vocals, while Jon Mess delivers harsh, shouted/screamed vocals. The contrast between the two creates dynamic shifts within tracks, often alternating between melodic choruses and aggressive verses.
The album combines abstract imagery, surreal themes, and personal expression, particularly in Jon Mess’s sections, which are often non-linear and experimental. Clean vocal sections tend to be more melodic and accessible, focusing on relationships, identity, and emotional states.
Production is clean and highly detailed, allowing separation between complex instrumental parts. The mix supports rapid transitions and layered textures, maintaining clarity despite the density of arrangements.
Songs are non-traditional, often featuring multiple sections, abrupt changes, and hybrid genre passages. There is less reliance on standard verse-chorus repetition and more emphasis on progression and variation.
Afterburner represents an evolution rather than a shift, pushing further into genre fusion while maintaining the band’s core identity within the post-hardcore scene. Technical, genre-blending, and vocally dynamic. Afterburner highlights complex guitar work, dual-vocal contrast, and experimental structure, combining post-hardcore with diverse stylistic elements.
Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic
Track Listing
Afterburner
Prisoner
Lyrics Lie
Calentamiento Global
Three Wishes
One In A Million
Parody Catharsis
Strawberry’s Wake
Born To Fail
Parallels
Night Sway
Say Hi
Nothing Shameful
Into The Sunset
Afterburner Instrumental
Prisoner
Lyrics Lie
Calentamiento Global
Three Wishes
One In A Million
Parody Catharsis
Strawberry’s Wake
Born To Fail
Parallels
Night Sway
Say Hi
Nothing Shameful
Into The Sunset
