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La Dispute is a band that defies the idea of genres. A post-hardcore band that draws influences from jazz and blues, the group is known to completely switch from slow-spoken poetry to fast punk rock within the same song. While La Dispute's instrumentation is incredible in its own right, most critics concur that its most valuable and distinctive aspect is vocalist and lyricist Jordan Dreyer.
They sit in that fairly unspecific post-rock or post-hardcore genre. I can't decide whether it is a bit emo, or in fact just wholesomely honest.
A self-defined movement of post-hardcore bands with a heavy lyrical emphasis, Touché Amoré, La Dispute, Defeater, Pianos Become The Teeth and Make Do and Mend hark back to the 90s emo scene, before it became all about straightened fringes, pink bracelets and Jared Leto.
It was more of a huge joke on Twitter," emphasises Brad Vander Lugt of La Dispute. "Then, people just ran with it and some kids took it really seriously, like we were trying to create some kind of collective, which it wasn't at all. But we are really good friends with all of those bands. They're like brothers to us and I think, in that way, it is a collective.
Brad with FromTheGarage.net chats with Jordan and Vass from La Dispute about the band's history, their emergence onto the post-hardcore scene, and the new album.
Sophomore release features blues, spoken word and post-hardcore influences. Spoken words, conceptual lyrics, blues influences, a wide range of instruments and one of the most spirited vocalists make experimental band La Dispute one of the most original bands currently making it in the underground rock community.
La Dispute is a band that defies the idea of genres. A post-hardcore band that draws influences from jazz and blues, the group is known to completely switch from slow-spoken poetry to fast punk rock within the same song. While La Dispute's instrumentation is incredible in its own right, most critics concur that its most valuable and distinctive aspect is vocalist and lyricist Jordan Dreyer.
They sit in that fairly unspecific post-rock or post-hardcore genre. I can't decide whether it is a bit emo, or in fact just wholesomely honest.
Sophomore release features blues, spoken word and post-hardcore influences. Spoken words, conceptual lyrics, blues influences, a wide range of instruments and one of the most spirited vocalists make experimental band La Dispute one of the most original bands currently making it in the underground rock community.
Brad with FromTheGarage.net chats with Jordan and Vass from La Dispute about the band's history, their emergence onto the post-hardcore scene, and the new album.
