Classifying La Dispute into a genre is a near-impossible task to do, especially on a first ever listen. Rooms of the House is their newest and their third album and I'm in disbelief that it's taken me so long to discover how good they are.
Having taken a quick listen at their previously released material, it appears that singer, Jordan Dreyer, still employs his half talking, half shouting but fully emotional vocals in this album. The emotion is presented from the offset of the opening song "HUDSONVILLE MI 1956" and continued through the somewhat depressing, yet somewhat uplifting "35" to the tamer closing track of "Objects in Space". There are some beautiful chord combinations in "THE CHILD WE LOST 1963" and the all capitalised title, similar to that of the first track, suggests some sort of story being told. Their unpredictability shines through "Woman (Reading)" which, instead of a reading, turns out to probably be one of the most melodic songs from the whole album.
As cheesily emo as this sounds, this album really makes you feel and think. Dreyer's lyrics capture me in a way that no other lyricist can quite do. Some of the lyrics are eery and worrying yet at times, the songs are peaceful to listen to. Rooms of the House is a genuinely great listen and should be given more than a fair chance.
Have you listened to La Dispute before? What do you think about them?
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