La Dispute

Grand Rapids, Michigan-based post-hardcore band La Dispute have taken many sharp turns over an artistic evolution spanning years. The five-piece moved from dissonant blasts with poetic lyrics during their earliest days into material that has incorporated a deeper breadth of musical influences. Interested from the beginning in a lyrical delivery style that sometimes veered into spoken word, the group experimented with jazz, prog, and dynamic shifts as they went on. This growth could be seen most strikingly on a series of 7" singles issued between albums that focused on more exp...