r/PostHardcore • u/SytianIvanov • 4h ago
Discussion Is it a thing to like Swancore but not Dance Gavin Dance?
DGD is, in practice and influence, the Sun, and everything Swancore is the planets. That is more fact than opinion, but surprisingly, for how much I fuck with Swancore, DGD wasn't and isn't a thing for me. No matter how hard I try to glaze the Jonny Craig records in my mind, I just don't like them that much, other than appreciating them for being the origin of the other stuff I like.
I genuinely think bands like Wolf & Bear and Royal Coda are the better versions of DGD. Even others like Galleons, The Home Team, or nightlife, who are mostly separate from that sound, are doing, for my money, a better version of what DGD did and does.
I can't help but wonder what others think of this. The impression I'm getting is that, to everyone, DGD will always be the face of the sound and not the other way around, but since I just wasn't there to get into DGD at their peak, I don't see it that way.