{"id":77415,"date":"2019-03-21T17:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=77415"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:24:17","slug":"review-la-dispute-panorama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-la-dispute-panorama\/","title":{"rendered":"Review : La Dispute \u2013 Panorama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-77416\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cover_1542233336785174-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><strong>La Dispute<\/strong> are ever-evolving. Over the course of three albums and a handful of experimental EPs, they&#8217;ve slowly carved a niche using atmosphere and spoken-word vocals. Each release has pared back their sound, stripping out different elements, until finally, they have arrived at \u2018<em>Panorama<\/em>\u2019, the album where progress falters, but the experience is sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Dreyer\u2019s vocals have always put the band alongside Touch\u00e9 Amor\u00e9 and Mewithoutyou, but musically they\u2019re a mile apart with a jazz feel to proceedings. Every note the guitarists play is about atmosphere and Dreyer now sits back, not absent, just part of the soundscape. While his lyrics search for beauty in the mundane, there\u2019s also a more heartfelt, personal slant. However, the flowing, speedy delivery he once favoured is missing and you can almost count the times he raises his voice on one hand. Instead, he uses as a harsh poetic whisper, it\u2019s incredibly intense, particularly the softly-spoken phrase <em>&#8220;When you\u2019re struggling to sleep&#8221;<\/em> on \u2018<em>Fulton Street I<\/em>\u2019. It\u2019s this intensity where the record shines. Without needing to shout or present more than a few notes, it threatens to crush you, and that\u2019s the real strength.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"La Dispute - &quot;ROSE QUARTZ \/ FULTON STREET I&quot;\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ExaL3xH0IiI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With the band split over two continents, the album\u2019s stressful writing sessions has strongly influenced its sound. Retaining drummer Brad Vander Lugt was essential as his playing is central to everything here, but the decision to scrap their first recordings and hark back to the sound of \u2018<em>Wildlife<\/em>\u2019, produces the album\u2019s weaker moments. It\u2019s heard clearly on the faster, noisier \u2018<em>View From the Bedroom Window<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018<em>Footsteps At The Pond<\/em>\u2019, either of which would fit seamlessly onto that record yet feel almost unwelcome here.<\/p>\n<p>By taking a step back, <strong>La Dispute<\/strong> have found a new way to present themselves. Stripped to the very barest bones, \u2018<em>Panorama<\/em>\u2019 is their sound in its purest form. At its best, they double down on the ponderous beauty of their prior work but it\u2019s at the expense their previous record\u2019s genius.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Panorama<\/em>\u2019 by <strong>La Dispute<\/strong> is released on 22nd March on <strong>Epitaph Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>La Dispute<\/strong> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladispute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LaDisputeMusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ladisputeband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/la_dispute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ian Kenworthy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhisperingSand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;La Dispute have found a new way to present themselves\u2026 \u2018Panorama\u2019 is their sound in its purest form&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":77416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,126,15621,797,16747],"class_list":["post-77415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-epitaph-records","tag-ian-kenworthy","tag-la-dispute","tag-panorama"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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