La Dispute (band)
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 La Dispute at a concert in Iowa City 2012. |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Post-Hardcore , Progressive Rock , Spoken Word |
| founding | 2004 |
| Website | www.ladispute.org |
| Current occupation | |
| Jordan Dreyer | |
| Brad Vander Lugt | |
| Chad Sterenberg | |
| Adam Vass | |
| Corey Stroffolino | |
| former members | |
bass |
Adam Kool |
Electric guitar |
Derek Sterenberg |
Electric guitar |
Kevin Whittemore |
La Dispute is an American post-hardcore band. It was founded in 2004 in Grand Rapids , Michigan and is one of the five members of The Wave movement alongside Defeater , Touché Amoré , Pianos Become the Teeth and Make Do and Mend . She was signed to No Sleep Records before starting her own label, Better Living .
history
The band was formed in 2004 by Jordan Dreyer, Brad Vander Lugt, Kevin Whittemore, Derek Sterenberg and Adam Kool in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The band was named after the eponymous play by Pierre de Marivaux , which Dreyer saw when he began writing songs.
Two years after the band was founded, Derek Sterenberg and Adam Kool were replaced by Chad Sterenberg and Adam Vass. On April 14, 2008, their debut EP Vancouver was released by their then label Friction Records .
In spring 2008 they signed with the No Sleep Records label . There, on November 11, 2008, their debut album Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair was released. From April to May 2010 they toured as the opening act for Alexisonfire . On September 14, 2010 their split EP was released together with Touché Amoré .
On May 3rd, La Dispute released another split EP, this time with singer-songwriter Koji, entitled Never Come Undone . They then toured Canada with Make Do and Mend . This was followed by a European tour with Touché Amoré and the Norwegian hardcore punk band Death Is Not Glamorous . The second album Wildlife was released on October 4, 2011, but the songs The Most Beautiful Bitter Fruit and Harder Harmonies were already available digitally before that. Several tours followed in America, Europe and Asia.
On January 14, 2014, the track list for the new album and the song Stay Happy There were released, followed a month later by a video for For Mayor In Splitsville . The third studio album, Rooms of the House , was released on March 21, 2014. In April, guitarist Kevin Whittemore left the band.
Musical style
La Dispute's musical style is described as jazz , blues and spoken word influenced post-hardcore , which includes elements of screamo , progressive rock , post-rock and hardcore punk . In terms of style, spoken word passages are integrated into the intense music using complex texts, with Dreyer's voice alternating between singing and screaming as a form of expression in order to emphasize and complement the emotions of the music and text. The band's instrumentation is viewed as "almost shoegazing with booming guitars complimenting the distorted bass," and this ties in with their music that resembles "diary entries; spoken and screamed word texts accompanied by minor chord harmonies ”.
The music on their first album Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair is considered a mixture of punk, progressive rock, emo and metalcore.
Discography
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Albums
- 2008: Somewhere At the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair (No Sleep Records)
- 2011: Wildlife (No Sleep Records)
- 2014: Rooms of the House (Better Living)
- 2019: Panorama (Epitaph Records)
EPs
- 2006: Vancouver (Friction Records)
- 2008: Untitled 7 (Forest Life Records)
- 2008: Here, Hear. (Forest Life Records)
- 2008: Here, Hear II. (No Sleep Records)
- 2009: Here, Hear III. ( Self-publication )
- 2010: Searching For A Pulse / The Worth Of The World ( Split EP with Touché Amoré ) (No Sleep Records)
- 2011: Never Come Undone (Split EP with Koji) (No Sleep Records)
- 2012: Violitionist Sessions
Video albums
- 2015: Tiny Dots
Music videos
- 2014: For Mayor In Splitsville
Web links
- Official website
- La Dispute on Myspace
- La Dispute on Facebook
- La Dispute at Bandcamp
- Band site at No Sleep Records
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Dispute. June 30, 2013, accessed August 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Lena Zschirpe: La Dispute - Film Off ! . Visions . 2014-214. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
- ↑ alex101: Kevin Whittemore leaves La Dispute ( English ) punknews.org. April 17, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ↑ La Dispute | Orpheum | Punk / Ska, Hardcore, Metal | Creative Loafing Tampa. February 2, 2014, accessed August 14, 2020 .
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- ↑ Scott Heisel: La Dispute - Wildlife. In: Alternative Press. December 27, 2011, accessed August 14, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ La Dispute weaves emotional intricacy in songs - The Daily Texan. Retrieved on August 14, 2020 .
- ↑ La Dispute - Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair (album review 9) | Sputnik Music. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Sean Reid: Live Review: La Dispute, Le Pre Ou Je Suis Mort, Maths and History, The Chantry, Canterbury - 22/06/10. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .
- ^ Hot Water Music / La Dispute / The Menzingers - Vogue, Vancouver, BC, February 9 • Concert Reviews • exclaim.ca. February 12, 2013, accessed August 14, 2020 .
- ^ Sacramento Press / Hot Water Music, La Dispute at Ace of Spades. April 11, 2013, accessed August 14, 2020 .
- ↑ WebCite query result. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Chart sources: DE Charts US