Tree City Sessions
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tree City Sessions
| type = live
| artist = Dance Gavin Dance
| cover = Dance Gavin Dance Tree City Sessions.jpg
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| released = {{Start date|2016|05|13}}
| recorded = Sacramento, California
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| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = 48:10
| label = Rise
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Josh Benton
- Joe Johnston
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| prev_title = Instant Gratification
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Mothership
| next_year = 2016
}}
Tree City Sessions is a live album by American rock band Dance Gavin Dance, released on May 13, 2016, on Rise Records.
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.{{cite web |last=riserecords|title=Dance Gavin Dance - Alex English (Tree City Sessions)|date=2016-03-31|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMCAypd9Z8M|accessdate=2016-05-14}} The live album contains 12 live recorded songs performed by the band in Sacramento, California, at the Pus Cavern recording studio.{{cite web |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/dance_gavin_dance_announce_live_album |title=Dance Gavin Dance announce live album |website=Alternative Press |date=2016-03-02}}
Track listing
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| extra_column = Original album
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| title1 = Alex English
| extra1 = Dance Gavin Dance
| length1 =4:28
| title2 = The Robot with Human Hair, Pt. 4
| extra2 = Acceptance Speech
| length2 =3:27
| title3 = Tree Village
| extra3 = Happiness
| length3 =3:21
| title4 = Lemon Meringue Tie
| extra4 = Downtown Battle Mountain
| length4 =3:50
| title5 = We Own the Night
| extra5 = Instant Gratification
| length5 =3:27
| title6 = Thug City
| extra6 = Downtown Battle Mountain II
| length6 =3:18
| title7 = Carl Barker
| extra7 = Happiness
| length7 =5:19
| title8 = Death of a Strawberry
| extra8 = Instant Gratification
| length8 =4:10
| title9 = The Jiggler
| extra9 = Acceptance Speech
| length9 =4:53
| title10 = Me and Zoloft Get Along Just Fine
| extra10 = Dance Gavin Dance
| length10 =3:08
| title11 = Spooks
| extra11 = Downtown Battle Mountain II
| length11 =4:03
| title12 = And I Told Them I Invented Times New Roman
| extra12 = Downtown Battle Mountain
| length12 =4:53
}}
Personnel
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;Dance Gavin Dance
- Tilian Pearson - clean vocals
- Jon Mess - unclean vocals
- Will Swan - guitar, backing 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
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;Production
- Josh Benton – recording, mixing{{cite AV media notes |title=Tree City Sessions |year=2016 |author=Dance Gavin Dance |author-link=Dance Gavin Dance |type=liner notes |publisher=Rise Records}}
- Joe Johnston – mastering
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Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2016)
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|137|artist=Dance Gavin Dance|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 24, 2016}} |