{"id":6711,"date":"2015-12-07T13:33:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T13:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/dvd-review-la-dispute-tiny-dots\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T14:26:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T14:26:46","slug":"dvd-review-la-dispute-tiny-dots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/dvd-review-la-dispute-tiny-dots\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: La Dispute – Tiny Dots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"“The following film is a snapshot in time; a glimpse into the life of the band La Dispute<\/strong>.”<\/i> So we\u2019re told at the opening to \u2018Tiny Dots\u2019<\/em>, the excellent new documentary following the Michigan outfit through their international travels last year in support of ‘Rooms of the House’<\/em>. With the band \u2013 along with those who work alongside them and fans who\u2019ve come out to see them \u2013 all getting a chance to make their voices heard as the documentary goes on, \u2018Tiny Dots\u2019<\/em> becomes the perfect recount of one of the biggest journeys La Dispute<\/b> have been on to date.<\/p>\n

The series of soundbites that open the DVD do a good job of preparing you for what the next ninety minutes will involve. \u2018Tiny Dots\u2019<\/i> is far from just a live DVD, instead we\u2019ve been given a chance to see a whole lot more. With how much La Dispute<\/b> have come to mean to so many people, the chance to see the curtain pulled back on band and fans alike is a rare treat. London\u2019s Bush Hall is the first venue we\u2019re shown footage from, as the quintet who\u2019d just become a quartet with the departure of founding member Kevin Whittemore dive into \u2018Stay Happy There\u2019<\/i>, one of the standout tracks from last year\u2019s ‘Rooms of the House’<\/em> release. It\u2019s a great way to kick off the live portions of the documentary, in one of the most beautiful venues that London has to offer (possibly second only to the Village Underground). Whittemore\u2019s exit from the band the month prior certainly didn\u2019t dampen the now four-piece\u2019s intensity, and the British audience is just as vocally powerful and supportive. Throughout the documentary we return to live clips from tracks like \u2018For Mayor in Splitsville\u2019<\/i>, \u2018Woman (In Mirror)’<\/i> and ‘Andria’<\/i> with crowds going wild in every instance, whether it\u2019s London or their hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. <\/p>\n

The first band member interview is with vocalist Jordan Dreyer, turning the clock back to the earliest roots of La Dispute<\/b>; himself and drummer Brad Vander Lugt thrashing away in their parents\u2019 garages. We also hear from Brad\u2019s parents before he and Kevin Whittemore get to recount the fledgling months of the La Dispute<\/b> adventure; the first of many history lessons the band offer up throughout the film. We get an extract of \u2018Future Wars\u2019<\/i> from very early in the band\u2019s life, and there\u2019s definitely an intention to show how La Dispute<\/b>\u2019s live shows have progressed in the ten years up to the \u2018Rooms of the House<\/em> tour. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot of valuable insights that have you respecting and appreciating a lot more of the cogs at work in the La Dispute<\/b> machine. As effective as social media and such things are for giving music fans anywhere a gateway into the bands or artists they love, there\u2019s some things that the likes of Twitter, Vine and Instagram will never capture and \u2018Tiny Dots\u2019<\/em> does an incredible job of capturing that, not just stopping at the band to do so. La Dispute<\/b>\u2019s manager and merch guy are among those paying tribute to Brad Vander Lugt\u2019s contributions to the band\u2019s success, the first of many shows of appreciation throughout the hour and a half. As much of a labour of love as the documentary itself clearly is, if ever there was any doubt that everything the band do is just as heartfelt, this DVD will prove convincingly that it is.<\/p>\n

There are no half measures with La Dispute<\/b> anymore \u2013 if there really ever were. The segments detailing the making of \u2018Rooms\u2019<\/em> are a testament to that, and getting to watch everything come together in a way that it might not quite click for any other band is a real joy. La Dispute<\/b>\u2019s camaraderie is infectious even through just brief recollections, and the sense of closeness to the band that \u2018Tiny Dots\u2019<\/em> instils is fantastic. Whether it\u2019s the work with Teenage Cancer Trust, their own accomplishments during the tour or Kevin\u2019s amicable departure from the band after their US shows, it\u2019s impossible not to come away from the documentary with a wealth of admiration for everything La Dispute<\/b> have achieved, and what they\u2019ve withstood in the process. Band documentaries are always a valuable watch, but ones that come together quite like \u2018Tiny Dots\u2019<\/em> are a special breed. Wherever the quartet go next, this 90-minute journey through everywhere they\u2019ve been thus far is unmissable.<\/p>\n

5\/5<\/p>\n

‘Tiny Dots’<\/em> by La Dispute<\/strong> is out now on Better Living\/Big Scary Monsters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

La Dispute<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Antony Lusmore (@VilinskiKonjic<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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