Downtown Battle Mountain II

Downtown Battle Mountain II
Studio album by Dance Gavin Dance
Released	March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08)
Recorded	November–December 2010 at Interlace Audio, Portland, OR
Genre	Post-hardcore, Progressive rock
Length	42:41
Label	Rise
Producer	Kris Crummett
Dance Gavin Dance chronology
Happiness (2009) Downtown Battle Mountain II (2011)
Singles from Downtown Battle Mountain II
"Heat Seeking Ghost of Sex" Released: January 24, 2011[1]

Downtown Battle Mountain II is the fourth studio album by American post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance, released on March 8, 2011.^[2]

The album is not a direct continuation of the band's first album Downtown Battle Mountain, but features the same line-up that recorded the first album (except for Sean O'Sullivan) as original members Jonny Craig, Jonathan Mess and Eric Lodge all rejoined the band in 2010. It was produced by Kris Crummett, who produced the band's previous albums. The Hot Topic exclusive edition includes 2 bonus tracks (People You Knew and Perfect), as well as the whole Downtown Battle Mountain album as a bonus disc.

The album was leaked on March 3, 2011, approximately one week before its release. To combat the leak, Rise Records uploaded the album in its entirety to YouTube. The album debuted at number 82 on the Billboard 200 while the Hot Topic deluxe version debuted at 190 on the Billboard 200 in the same week.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Spooks"	4:04
2.	"Pounce Bounce"	2:26
3.	"The Robot with Human Hair Pt. 2 ½"	4:36
4.	"Thug City"	3:17
5.	"Need Money"	3:08
6.	"Elder Goose"	3:44
7.	"Heat Seeking Ghost of Sex"	4:07
8.	"Blue Dream"	4:41
9.	"Privilously Poncheezied"	3:54
10.	"Swan Soup"	4:01
11.	"Purple Reign"	4:43
Total length:		42:41

Hot Topic exclusive bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"People You Knew"	2:35
13.	"Perfect"	2:59
Total length:		48:15

Personnel

Dance Gavin Dance Jonny Craig – clean vocals Jonathan Mess – unclean vocals Will Swan – guitars, Rapping Eric Lodge – bass guitar Matt Mingus – drums

Production Kris Crummett – production, engineering, mixing, mastering Mattias Adolfsson – album artwork Kyle Hubbard – trumpet on track 5 Brian Obedowski – mixing assistant Phill Mamula – layout

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[3]	82
US Independent Albums[3]	13
US Hard Rock Albums[3]	4

References

1. ^ Ilvonen, Keagan (24 January 2011). "New Dance Gavin Dance Song – News Article". AbsolutePunk. http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2141152&page=1. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 
2. ^ Downtown Battle Mountain II: Dance Gavin Dance: Music
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Billboard.com". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/dance-gavin-dance/downtown-battle-mountain-ii/1470619. Retrieved 2011-03-22. 

External links

• Downtown Battle Mountain II Artwork – AbsolutePunk.net
• Dance Gavin Dance Myspace