Acceptance Speech

"Acceptance Speech" is the fifth studio album by American post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance, released on October 8, 2013 by Rise Records. The album was streamed in its whole on October 1, 2013. This album marks the first appearances by co-lead vocalist Tilian Pearson, bass guitarist Tim Feerick, and guitarist Josh Benton. This is also the first Dance Gavin Dance album to not have production handled by Kris Crummett. A music video for "Strawberry Swisher, Pt. 3" was released October 31, 2013. The Acceptance Speech cover art features a pen drawing by artist Mattias Adolfsson, who has also provided the artwork for all of the band's previous studio albums, and it bears a particular stylistic resemblance to the cover art of 2009's Happiness. The album peaked at number 82 on the Billboard 200 and 7 on the Top Independent Albums chart.