#la-dispute

#la-dispute

The next act encompasses in more focused detail the narrator's look backwards down the path, beginning at their shared home in the present day, where the dissociation introduced in act one as almost entirely a self-inclosed thing trickles outward and troubles the comfort outlined in the last section of the song preceding it. He examines his own life through imagined self-portraits, in various sequences of time (fractions of days first, then weeks, months, years), and through multiple specific events.

La Dispute's 'Environmental Catastrophe Film' captivates with a nine-minute narrative, blending spoken word and screamo, crafted intricately into a post-hardcore storyline.

The second act, more or less the thematic center of the record, is a single song split into three parts, exploring themes of past and present.

No One Was Driving the Car grapples with malaise in the shadow of the looming apocalypse, worsened by the advancement of tech, especially self-driving cars.