Dance Gavin Dance's music has been described as a blend between emo, post-hardcore, jazz fusion, progressive rock and screamo and critics have since the band's inception drawn comparisons to fellow post-hardcore peers the Fall of Troy, Alexisonfire and Circa Survive.
Dance Gavin Dance's music has been described as a blend between emo, post-hardcore, jazz fusion, progressive rock and screamo, though many fans now dub this blend of music as' Swancore'. Critics have since the band's inception drawn comparisons to fellow post-hardcore peers the Fall of Troy, Alexisonfire and Circa Survive.