LA DISPUTE

Announce February 2012 Australian Tour Dates
New Album "Wildlife" Out Now on No Sleep Records!


"...muted punk-rock anthems that can be as lush as they are explosive... La Dispute has all the hooks of a pop-punk band raised on At the Drive-In, as well as a surprising sense of restrained propulsion for a hardcore band. But La Dispute's most distinctive weapon is vocalist Jordan Dreyer, who alternates an almost conversational, raspy scream with spoken word." - NPR

"The second full-length CD from Grand Rapids-based La Dispute finds the post-hardcore act pushing the limits of its literate, emotionally charged music. Guitarists Chad Sterenburg and Kevin Whittemore's dynamic, moody lines support vocalist Jordan Dreyer's poetic meditations on searching for meaning in times of crisis. Thoughtful, rocking stuff." - Guitar World Magazine

In support of their upcoming new album "Wildlife" (out now on No Sleep Records), and following their US tour as main support to Thrice, La Dispute have announced a series of Australian tour dates taking place in February 2012.

The follow-up to their 2008 LP "Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair," "Wildlife is a nearly 60-minute musical examination of the twentysomething search for purpose; an exploration of the struggles that confront, damage, and redefine us inevitably in life through 14 tracks of new material. Set up as a collection of unpublished "short stories" complete with the author's notes and sectioned thematically by four monologues, "Wildlife" discusses the difficulties inherent in growing up by interweaving the author's own ambiguous loss and struggle for meaning alongside the stories it compelled him to document.

Accordingly, each song musically captures both the moods and tones of those stories as well as the more subtle personal narrative throughout the entire record through a heavy reliance on dynamics and alternative instrumentation allowing for a diversity that shows nearly every spot on the spectrum while never sounding out of place, forced, or unfamiliar. Recorded at both Drasik Studios in Chicago and StadiumRed in New York with Andrew Everding and Joe Pedulla using no artificial reverb, La Dispute's sophomore full length organically captures the sound of five friends committed to pushing their own creative boundaries while still retaining a desire to create honest and emotional music. "Wildlife" arrives October 4 via No Sleep Records.

La Dispute Live

Australian Tour
Wed Feb 8 The Zoo, Brisbane
Thurs Feb 9 Between The Walls, Brisbane AA
Fri Feb 10 Annandale Hotel, Sydney
Sat Feb 11 Annandale Hotel, Sydney AA
Mon Feb 13 The Basement, Canberra
Wed Feb 15 Amplifier, Perth
Thurs Feb 16 YMCA HQ, Perth AA
Fri Feb 17 Fowlers, Adelaide Lic / AA
Sat Feb 18 Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Sun Feb 19 Corner Hotel, Melbourne U18

"Wildlife" Track List:
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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