Following a week in which Dance Gavin Dance clean vocalist Tilian Pearson was twice accused of sexual misconduct, including during their annual Swanfest Music Festival recently, and stepped back from the band; coupled with the sudden passing of bassist Tim Feerick, the band has made a statement to fans. The band backed up their recent plan they are promoting their new album Jackpot Juicer (Rise Records) as planned, with many promotions, videos, teasers, and more collateral featuring both Tim and Tilian. They have offered fans to make up their own mind to support them, or not. Read the band’s statement below.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CehKe7LhpXY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Their original statement on Tilian stepping away.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeWh9-JhibI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Tim himself took to reddit initially to give his account of the original claim against him, which you can read here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dancegavindance/comments/v2oubx/regarding_recent_allgations/