DANCE GAVIN DANCE Publicizes New Album Jackpot Juicer

Dance Gavin Dance has introduced their new document Jackpot Juicer to be out on July 29. The album is unfortunately Dance Gavin Dance‘s closing document with bassist Tim Feerick, who handed away final week. The band will proceed with their upcoming Swanfest with the blessing of Feerick‘s household, and with Royal Coda bassist Sergio Medina filling in for Feerick. Pre-orders for Jackpot Juicer are obtainable right here.

Swanfest is scheduled for April 23 in Sacrament, CA. Be taught extra concerning the pageant right here, and skim Dance Gavin Dance‘s full assertion concerning upcoming reveals under.

“This previous week has been essentially the most difficult time in Dance Gavin Dance‘s historical past. On Thursday, April 14^th, we discovered that we had misplaced Tim. Whereas he was the bassist within the band, he was additionally our brother and finest pal. Dropping him is devastating. We have been making ready to satisfy up this previous weekend in Sacramento for a photoshoot after which rehearse this week forward of Swanfest and the following tour, after we heard the devastating information that he was now not with us.

“After the preliminary shock and disappointment, it wasn’t lengthy after that we have been confronted with some difficult selections concerning the rapid future and our upcoming plans. After many inside discussions with our staff and, most significantly, Tim‘s household, we’ve got determined to carry out this 12 months’s Swanfest and do the following tour in honor and dedication to Tim. We will even transfer forward with the announcement of our forthcoming album, later this week.

“The primary issue of this choice got here from understanding who Tim was as an individual and what he would have wished. We’re assured that he could be very dissatisfied if we have been to postpone or cancel these dates. We obtained additional affirmation of this from Tim‘s mother and father, with their encouragement to carry out these dates. As well as, music is our means of therapeutic, and we, because the remaining members, want to be collectively throughout this time and carry out on stage to our followers the songs that he helped create. Whereas nobody can ever exchange Tim or what he has dropped at the band, we’ve got requested Sergio Medina, an in depth pal to all of us and somebody who has labored with Tim, to carry out the bass duties for the upcoming reveals.

“We’re planning a memorial to Tim at Swanfest, and your complete pageant can be in dedication to him, as will all the next reveals on the tour. We stay up for celebrating his life with the followers. Whereas that is an immense tragedy for everybody that beloved and revered Tim, he would need everybody to return out, be collectively and benefit from the music. RIP Tim.”

It’s also possible to catch Dance Gavin Dance at one of many dates under with Memphis Might Fireplace, Volumes, and Moon Tooth.

4/26 Spokane, WA – Knitting Manufacturing unit [Tickets]
4/27 Boise, ID – Revolution [Tickets]
4/29 Wichita, KS – Cotillion [Tickets]
4/30 Omaha, NE – The Admiral [Tickets]
5/1 Des Moines, IA – Val Air [Tickets]
5/3 Ft. Wayne, IN – Piere’s [Tickets]
5/4 Cleveland, OH – Agora [Tickets]
5/6 Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection [Tickets]
5/7 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave / Eagles Membership [Tickets]
5/9 Rochester, NY – Primary Road Armory [Tickets]
5/10 Albany, NY – Empire Stay [Tickets]
5/11 Hartford, CT – Webster Theater [Tickets]
5/13 Richmond, VA – The Nationwide [Tickets]
5/14 Raleigh, NC – The Ritz [Tickets]
5/15 Columbia, SC – The Senate [Tickets]
5/17 Ponte Vedra, FL – Live performance Corridor [Tickets]
5/19 Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Auditorium [Tickets]
5/20 Birmingham, AL – Sloss Furnaces [Tickets]