It’s a helping out a friend and being helped out by a friend thing. Third, it exposes both bands to people who might’ve never heard the other were it not for the split. Now all the people who listened to us but not Koji will get to hear Koji, and vice versa. People get so caught up on liking one specific genre that they close themselves off to the lot of everything else. Putting two different bands on the same release gives people the opportunity to branch out, to notice the similarities as much as the differences, and makes for an interesting musical examination in the process. Second, it makes for interesting contrasts. To be mentioned in the same breath as Koji or Touché is incredibly flattering, but to be opposite their songs on the same record is pretty unreal, and not just because we love their music, but because we know and love them as individuals. First, it’s just fun to share record space with friends and artists you love and respect. Splits accomplish a lot of things that make it immensely appealing to us. The split format has existed for many years and has produced a number of really interesting and powerful collaborations. Why is the split record appealing to you as a format?Īwesome unintentional segue. You’ve also got another split release, this time with Koji, lined up for November. I’m pushing for a 5-way split and a 5-way tour immediately after the split. We’ll see. So, much more Wave stuff will be surfing down the pipeline in the future, so keep your snorkel nearby. More than anything, it’s a way for all of us support each other, and to support emotionally challenging music in general. It came about because we’re all friends and we all care deeply about music and the community of music, and because we care about each other’s art, so it just made sense. Really, it’s something fun for all of us – like being part of a cool club in your neighbour’s treehouse when you were a kid. The name has no particular meaning really, although it makes for hilarious water-related puns. The Wave is Touche Amore, Make Do and Mend, Defeater, Pianos Become the Teeth, and ourselves. La Dispute has always been hugely supportive of other bands and scenes – tell us about The Wave and why those particular bands are connected? As far as the songwriting goes, we wanted to give the record a consistent sound to compliment the consistencies lyrically, so we tried to be aware of Touché’s strong points and tendencies musically throughout the writing process to give the record a pretty steady feel despite being from two different bands. It was a different approach for us, but we’re really happy with how it turned out. And we ended up talking about pretty similar things, which was interesting. Through that conversation we set down a general concept to kind of dictate the direction the record would take, but also allow us to approach it in our own manner so that you’d see the similarities and differences in our focus and style. It ended up working out really well for both of us, I think, in that it allowed us room to work independently while still giving uniformity to the four songs. Way back when the idea had first started to gain momentum, Jeremy and I sat down on a porch in Chicago at a show we were playing together and discussed, pretty broadly, a few ideas that we wanted to include in the lyrics to the record. Ha ha), so it was an honor and a privilege to have their songs opposite our own.Īll four songs on the record seem connected both stylistically and lyrically. We love what Touché does, they love what we do (I hope. Both our bands share similar ideologies and approaches to music, so it made sense to collaborate on something. The other part is admiration. We’re really close friends, and the idea of working together on something – of sharing space on a record – is something we’ve tossed about since we first met. The TA split came about through a series of conversations between members of both bands. So first off, you’ve just released a split with Touché Amoré, how did this come about? Much like on record, Dreyer had plenty to say, giving us the low down on split releases, UK shows and The Wave. We spoke with singer Jordan Dreyer, whose lyrics and delivery are central to the band’s fresh and unique take on the genre. While that might be enough for some bands, La Dispute seemingly never stop working, with a second split release and the potential of a new EP also in their pipeline. The split is one of a number of projects La Dispute are currently hard at work on, as they continue to tour extensively while writing the follow up to their stunning debut LP. Following their recent split 7”inch with Touché Amoré, we thought it was about time we caught up with La Dispute one of our favorite hardcore bands of recent years.
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