La Dispute - Here. Hear. III EP (2009)

Genre: Indie/Spoken Word (on this release)
Website: Bandcamp

For Fans Of: Why?

So for any La Dispute full length or 7" I'd be using this space to cream over their tight riffing and sporatic, stream-of-conciousness screams, but the "Here. Hear." EP's are... different. The third installment in the series - like the previous two - focuses on the lyrical side of the band, often presented in a soft, relaxing spoken word format. Beautiful poetry is at the forefront here, with music from a wide array of genres backing the words in much the same way Why?'s "Alopecia" operates. A very chilled out, very relaxing, very good listen.

You can download Here. Hear's I, II and III as well as their untitled 7" and additional tour recordings at the link provided above. Choose to donate as much or as little as you'd like and all proceeds will go to a charity; enter a "0" into the "name your price" field to download for free.

La Dispute - Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River Between Vega And Altair (2008)

Genre: Screamo/Post-Hardcore
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/coalesce

La Dispute is one of my favorite bands. Although, with extremely emotional lyrics and vocals, it may be hard for some people to get into. After getting over the initial hump, Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River Between Vega And Altair (hows that for an album title) turns out to be a masterpiece. His lyrics are emotional, thought-provoking, poetic and often times cheesy. Even so, vocals take top spot on this album. Streaching from a whisper into controlled talking to heart wrenching screams, he is really able to convey how he feels with ths subtle tremors in his voice. Combined with stellar guitar work and sparratic drums La Dispute is able to produce one very solid record. Listing to them will convey some sort of emotion in you, I can guarantee it. This is one band that I highly reccomend everyone try out. Anyway La Dispute is a fantastic band and I urge all of you to open your ears and minds and give them a real chance...I'm sure you won't be disappointed. If you like it, buy it! (I did!)

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La Dispute - Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River Between Vega And Altair [2008]

La Dispute is the most recent band that has really captured my attention. With extremely emotional lyrics and vocals, it may be hard for some people to get into. After getting over the initial hump, Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River Between Vega And Altair (hows that for an album title) turns out to be a masterpiece. His lyrics are emotional, thought-provoking, poetic and often times cheesy. Taken from their Purevolume: "Somewhere" attempts to prompt discussion regarding the aspects of ourselves that prevent us from maintaining our happiness as people by documenting both their own experiences in the matter and the experiences of those around them, while musically encouraging the listener to expand their notions of music and art by exploring time signatures, tempos, dynamics, song structures, etc." Yeah...that. Anyways La Dispute is a fantastic band and I urge all of you to open your ears and minds and give them a real chance...I'm sure you won't be disappointed. If you like it, buy it! (I did!)

ALBUM: LA DISPUTE - SOMEWHERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER BETWEEN VEGA AND ALTAIR [Mediafire]