Artist: La Dispute
Album: Rooms of the House
Source: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/la-dispute-rooms-of-the-house-stream
Pre-listening Notes: Getting closer to being caught up. There is a ton of hype around this band, along with Touche Amore, who I don't like one bit. I get this band confused with Balance and Composure a lot and I saw one of them open for Polar Bear Club in the past and didn't care for them at all. So, I'm hoping this is a case of mistaken identity. But, they are a post-hardcore band that's been around for about a decade now, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. A decade in, people must like them, right?
Initial Reaction: Okay, not feeling the open with just vocals, but when the music kicked in, I was down. I don't like the parts where the vocals feel separated from the music. But, I have no problems with the parts where the music kicks in and they feel more together. This sort of reminds me of Thursday's Full Collapse at first listen.
Random Thoughts: As the second song kicks in, I don't think this is awful, so I am assuming that I saw Balance and Composure at that show. It's got the whole mellow to aggressive switch up thing going on and the singer has a more talky yell style, similar to At the Drive-In, only the lyrics seem to be more straight forward. Alright, this doesn't have the catchiness and range as an At the Drive-In record, so some of the songs just kind of lose the appeal.
Final Reaction: This is better than 90% of what they are calling post-hardcore these days. This isn't something I am going to run out and buy, I might give this band another whirl on Spotify, though. I have to say that I was turned off by the hype surrounding this band and maybe that was a bad thing, but they are better than Touche Amore and I rather enjoyed listening to this.
Final Grade: 7.0/10
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