Artificial Selection.
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Artificial Selection.
Artificial Selection is the eighth studio album by American Rock band Dance Gavin Dance,released on June 8, 2018, on Rise Records . It serves as a follow-up to the band's seventh studio album, Mothership (2016) and is their third consecutive studio release with the same line-up. The album was produced by Kris Crummett, Erik Ron, and Dryw Owens, and was self-produced by Dance Gavin Dance, making it the first release by the band to feature more than one producer. - Wikipedia
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The Noise
Easily their most daring release yet weighing in at a total of 14 mind-melting tracks
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Pop Matters
Artificial Selection is a fine addition to not only the Dance Gavin Dance catalog but the entire stylistic landscape to which it belongs.
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Rock N' Load
A cracking recording by these veterans, Dance Gavin Dance age like a fine wine. Artificial Selection could just be their finest vintage yet.
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Sound Fiction
We’ve seen California Post Hardcore ancients Dance Gavin Dance craft some of the brightest gems of the genre for years. Artificial Selection could well be the brightest.
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Cryptic Rock
all them Post-Hardcore Math Rock, Experimental Rock, or simply Dance Gavin Dance, but do not miss this unique band who are doing a little something more than your average, completely recycled 2018 rockers.
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Cool Try
This could honestly be their best album to date.
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Heavy Blog Is Heavy
As every album does for the band, Artificial Selection elevates the group to a new level in their own league
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Kill Your Stereo
There ain’t nothing artificial or shallow about the glory of ‘Artificial Selection’.
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Distorted Sound Magazine
Artificial Selection displays their signature fearless swagger as well as throwing a few curve balls in for good measure.
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Punk News
once more painting the new era of DGD as bland, formulaic act and something that'll probably wish Warped Tour comes back on-stream in the near future.
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The Sound Board
For any non-Dance Gavin Dance fans, Artificial Selection is hardly going to change anyone’s mind.
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Ghost Cult Magazine
So there it is. Once again, Dance Gavin Dance delivered a record that lived up to its predecessor.
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Long Live Vinyl
Artificial Selection’s masterful fusion of styles further cements the Sacramento five-piece as powerhouses of the scene.
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Spinditty
Dance Gavin Dance Focus on Catchy Hooks With 'Artificial Selection.
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Spinnaker
Dance Gavin Dance finds stability in chaos on “Artificial Selection”
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Strife Magazine
Until yesterday I had never listened to Dance Gavin Dance but their newest album ‘Artificial Selection’ may have converted me into a fan.
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Flippen Music
Consistent as ever, it further cements their legacy as post-hardcore legends.
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Hysteria Magazine
These guys know what they do well, and on Artificial Selection, they do it even better.
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Overdrive Magazine
The album as a whole is a harmonious cacophony of different blends and each track brings a different member to the forefront.
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The 730 Review
With the drop of Artificial Selection, both connecting the various dots of DGD’s sporadic back catalogue and justly providing their most diverse and daring offering to date, don’t expect this outlandish carnival to end any time soon. As if we want it to.
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Dead Press
This is undeniably their most daring and diverse record yet, and you can’t fault their willingness to experiment.
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The Odyssey Online
The band delivers great tracks and provides a great new changeup in their style, giving fans just exactly what they wanted.
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When The Horn Blows
Equal parts intense, experimental and melodic, it’s the perfect amalgamation of progressive rock and post-hardcore.
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ACRN
this record inscribes the band’s aptitude in the stone, illustrating the progressive soundscape of what’s it like to be the masters of their own sound.
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Already Heard
‘Artificial Selection’ sounds too familiar, containing a couple of great post-hardcore fusion songs in a wave of forgettable ones.
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Varsity Music Magazine
Dance Gavin Dance’s new album Artificial Selection left us absolutely speechless.
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EL GORE
All in all, Dance Gavin Dance have managed to maintain, even surpass, their extremely high standards, and deliver another masterpiece with Artificial Selection.
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Broken Arrow Magazine
If you just give this masterpiece of a record a chance, you may be pleasantly surprised by what you encounter.
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Amoeba Music
Artificial Selection, their newest release in their 13 year career, is nothing if not polished, with every guitar riff and double kick drum perfectly in place.
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Natural Music
The record is an absolute triumph and will no doubt cement itself as not only a fan favorite, but as a genre defining record in due time.
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