Tree City Sessions

Tree City Sessions is a live album by American rock band Dance Gavin Dance, released on May 13, 2016, on Rise Records.

Tree City Sessions
Live album by Dance Gavin Dance
Released	May 13, 2016
Recorded	Sacramento, California
Genre	Post-hardcore experimental rock
Label	Rise
Producer	Josh Benton Joe Johnston
Dance Gavin Dance chronology
Instant Gratification (2015) Tree City Sessions (2016) Mothership (2016)

Background and recording

The band announced Tree City Sessions on March 2, 2016. The live session version of "Alex English", originally from the band's self-titled album, was released on March 31, 2016.[1] The live album contains 12 live recorded songs performed by the band in Sacramento, California, at the Pus Cavern recording studio.[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Alex English"	Dance Gavin Dance	4:28
2.	"The Robot with Human Hair, Pt. 4"	Acceptance Speech	3:27
3.	"Tree Village"	Happiness	3:21
4.	"Lemon Meringue Tie"	Downtown Battle Mountain	3:50
5.	"We Own the Night"	Instant Gratification	3:27
6.	"Thug City"	Downtown Battle Mountain II	3:18
7.	"Carl Barker"	Happiness	5:19
8.	"Death of a Strawberry"	Instant Gratification	4:10
9.	"The Jiggler"	Acceptance Speech	4:53
10.	"Me and Zoloft Get Along Just Fine"	Dance Gavin Dance	3:08
11.	"Spooks"	Downtown Battle Mountain II	4:03
12.	"And I Told Them I Invented Times New Roman"	Downtown Battle Mountain	4:53

Personnel

Dance Gavin Dance Jon Mess - unclean vocals Will Swan - guitar, backing vocals Tilian Pearson - clean vocals Tim Feerick - bass guitar Matt Mingus - drums, percussion Additional musicians Josh Benton - guitar on tracks 1-7 and 10-12 Martin Bianchini - guitar on tracks 8 and 9

Production Josh Benton – recording, mixing[3] Joe Johnston – mastering[3]

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[4]	137

References

1. riserecords (2016-03-31), Dance Gavin Dance - Alex English (Tree City Sessions), retrieved 2016-05-14
2. "Dance Gavin Dance announce live album". 2016-03-02.
3. Dance Gavin Dance (2016). Tree City Sessions (liner notes). Rise Records. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
4. "Dance Gavin Dance Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2016.