[release]La Dispute is a five piece band from Grand Rapids, Michigan that formed in 2004.[2] As of 2011, they have released two albums and seven EPs. La Dispute consists of lead vocalist Jordan Dreyer, drummer Brad Vander Lugt, guitarists Chad Sterenberg and Kevin Whittemore and bass guitarist Adam Vass.[/release]
[release]La Dispute is five close friends from the Upper Midwest with a mutual passion for using music as a means to express, challenge, inform, and connect, but also as a fantastic excuse to have fun, make tons of new friends, and travel anywhere and everywhere that people will have them. Always learning, often touring, sometimes writing (as much as time and circumstance allows), La Dispute has been making music for 3-6 years now (depending on how you look at it) and intends on continuing to do so for as long as they’re all physically and emotionally able to. Also of note, they love their friends and families immensely and are probably too proud about where they come from. Come say hello and they mean that.[/release]
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[B]Vancouver (2006)[/B]
[img]http://www.ladisputemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/v.jpg[/img]
1. Future Wars
2. A Word Of Welcome And Of Warning
3. See You In Vancouver
4. To Withstand The Force Of Storms
5. He Is Here, He Is Not Afraid
6. The Surgeon And The Scientist
7. Fairmount
8. Untitled
[B]Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River Between Vega and Altair (2008)[/B]
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01. Such Small Hands
02. Said the King to the River
03. New Storms for Older Lovers
04. Damaged Goods
05. Fall Down, Never Get Back Up Again
06. Bury Your Flame
07. Last Blues for Bloody Knuckles
08. The Castle Builders
09. Andria
10. Then Again, Maybe You Were Right
11. Sad Prayers for Guilty Bodies
12. The Last Lost Continent
13. Nobody, Not Even the Rain
[B]Untitled 7" (2008)[/B]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Untitled7%22.jpg[/img]
1. Only Everything Below
2. Shall Never Lose Its Power
[B]Here, Hear (2008)[/B]
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1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four
[B]Here, Hear II (2008)[/B] (The Winter Tour edition has 2 bonus tracks)
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1. five
2. six
3. seven
4. eight
(bonus tracks with winter tour)
5. Twas The Night Before Christmas
6. First Snow in Silent Grand Rapids
[B]Here, Hear III (2010) [recorded in a basement!][/B]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b8/Herehear3.png[/img]
1. Nine
2. Ten
3. Eleven
4. Twelve
[B]Searching For A Pulse / The Worth Of The World ( La Dispute / Touche Amore [another amazing group, similar] ) (2010)[/B]
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3. How I Feel
4. Why It Scares Me
[B]Never Come Undone (La Dispute / Koji ) (2011)[/B]
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1. Sunday Morning, at a Funeral
3. Last Blues (for bloody knuckles)
[B]Wildlife (2011)[/B]
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1. a Departure
2. Harder Harmonies
3. St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Blues
4. Edit Your Hometown
5. a Letter
6. Safer in the Forest/Love Song for Poor Michigan
7. The Most Beautiful Bitter Fruit
8. a Poem
9. King Park
10. Edward Benz, 27 Times
11. I See Everything
12. a Broken Jar
13. all our bruised bodies and the whole heart shrinks
14. You and I in Unison
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Personal Favorites :
Said the King to the River
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGJ2TUy3D9M[/media]
To Withstand The Force Of Storms
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27f2hXr1QlQ[/media]
St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Blues
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz2umuRhXK4[/media]
Andria
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l242CWD3sdI[/media]
Bonus :
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apr4r-cmgJg[/media]
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[url=http://open.spotify.com/artist/7lQKE6HaKQcCsgLRMhsh5W]On Spotify[/url]
La Dispute definitely isn't for everyone, but they're addictive.
If Shakespeare was in a hardcore band, this would be it.
I fucking fucking love these guys, and I'm not even a big fan of this genre in general, I just fucking love these guys.
There was a 'the wave' thread made a while back, I don't think it took off though :(
[QUOTE=strayebyrd;33573876]I fucking fucking love these guys, and I'm not even a big fan of this genre in general, I just fucking love these guys.
There was a 'the wave' thread made a while back, I don't think it took off though :([/QUOTE]Yea that was mine, it was pretty much a disaster, which sucks I spent a lot of time on it. Love these guys though, pretty much favorite band.
I know a lot of people here have heard Wildlife but in my opinion Somewhere at the Bottom of the River... is even better and the Here. Hear. Collection definitely shouldn't be missed either.
I think La Dispute is one of the few bands that actually conveys every bit of feeling that the vocalist intends. I love it.
Oh and OP, check this link [url]http://ladisputemusic.com/#/music[/url] a lot of EPs should be added to the OP, especially the splits and Here Hears. They're just as awesome as Vancouver and the two full lengths imo.
I'll get on that!
I saw them live, with Thrice and Moving Mountains. When they launched into New Storms For Older Lovers, I lost my shit. Fantastic show, fantastic band. King Park and Last Lost Continent are my current favorite songs.
One of my friends went to a Thrice show they were at, and got a direct blast of yelling in her face.
I'm mad jealous.
They're pretty good. I gave Wildlife a listen and I liked it. I'm going to have to check out more of their stuff.
They have lyrical intensity like Brand New, with more of an Emo / Punk lean, it's pretty cool.
Dissect the lyrics and you'll have hours of storytelling.
[QUOTE=BldrGyMnGy;33576246]They have lyrical intensity like Brand New, with more of an Emo / Punk lean, it's pretty cool.
Dissect the lyrics and you'll have hours of storytelling.[/QUOTE]The little things like the recurring motif of windchimes (New Storms For Older Lovers and Last Blues For Bloody Knuckles) and then returning in Wildlife (a Departure) and then at the beginning of Harder Harmonies they fall and break tells you they put a lot of thought into the details of their music. I love it.
[editline]4th December 2011[/editline]
The stories of Wildlife and Somewhere at the Bottom... are so different too but I connect with them both equally and every time I listen to them I hear new things I love.
Hoping to draw out more listeners with this thread, like I did with OF.
Alright, after giving Wildlife a few listens I've decided to explore more of their music.
Which album should I listen to next? Are the EPs worth listening to?
[QUOTE=DesumThePanda;33636064]Alright, after giving Wildlife a few listens I've decided to explore more of their music.
Which album should I listen to next? Are the EPs worth listening to?[/QUOTE]
Everything is worth listening to imo, but Somewhere at the Bottom and Here. Hear. III are their best, start there.
Somewhere at the Bottom is definitely more spastic than Wildlife but it reflects the emotion in it, and Here. Hear. III is like acoustic and super poetic. They hit both ends of the spectrum perfectly.
If you look up some of their videos from live performances, you'll probably love them even more.
[QUOTE=rokknroll4;33636865]Everything is worth listening to imo, but Somewhere at the Bottom and Here. Hear. III are their best, start there.
Somewhere at the Bottom is definitely more spastic than Wildlife but it reflects the emotion in it, and Here. Hear. III is like acoustic and super poetic. They hit both ends of the spectrum perfectly.[/QUOTE]
Merci, I'll be sure to check it out.
[QUOTE=BldrGyMnGy;33644373]If you look up some of their videos from live performances, you'll probably love them even more.[/QUOTE]
I'll be sure to check out a few videos too.
A friend just introduced me to these guys, i already love them.
I checked a live video the other day
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6U2uR7TI5g[/media]
Crowd made it 10x better
Definitely a band that requires the audience to be right up against it.
That "wall of security" feel wouldn't work.
Going to see them in a 100 capacity venue in January that will clearly over sell.. Going to be fucking amazing
so much fucking ENVY for you right now
I gotta see them as soon as they come back to the states. Too bad no bands come near my area, I was lucky to see The Dear Hunter.
[editline]14th December 2011[/editline]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypbDkiCY6VQ&feature=related[/media]
Beautiful, almost more emotion live, if that's possible. Probably said this before but the climax of Said The King To The River might be my single favorite minute of music ever.
My friend Oliver is crazy into The Dear Hunter, he's gone to almost all of the shows out here in Cali, and our band has jammed with another band Naive Thieves, who plays with them.
La Dispute is my favorite band, along with Touche Amore and The Story So Far
I was actually thinking of making a thread for La Dispute.
[QUOTE=BldrGyMnGy;33727193]My friend Oliver is crazy into The Dear Hunter, he's gone to almost all of the shows out here in Cali, and our band has jammed with another band Naive Thieves, who plays with them.[/QUOTE]
The Dear Hunter are great, when I saw then the first time they played with The Felix Culpa, O'Brother, and Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground, all fairly unknown bands that I hadn't heard of back then that I like and listen to today. They always tour with awesome bands.
Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground are awesome, we cover Hey Momma a lot.
I would love to see either La dispute or the dear hunter live.
Both of the bands newest albums are absolutely fucking amazing.
I fucking love La Dispute, I am seeing them in February with my brother and I am so keen. My favourite album is probably Wildlife, the standard of songs in that album is brilliant. I love how their use of prose and shouting conveys emotion.
Seeing La Dispute in January. Should be amazing. Love them.
These guys are quite popular in this section but I have never checked 'em out. What is a good place to start?
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