La Dispute Takes A Swing At Modern Absurdity With ‘No One Was Driving The Car’

La Dispute Takes A Swing At Modern Absurdity With ‘No One Was Driving The Car’

Merle Cooper/Martin Jordan Dreyer had the concept for No One Was Driving the Car figured out pretty early: a winding, intricate network of characters trying not to buckle under the strain of environmental disaster, religious dogma, generational trauma and multi-level marketing schemes. From that point forward, he tried to consume art that matched the mood he imagined for La Dispute’s fifth album, and so breaks in recording were filled with the f…

La Dispute Share Three-Track Act IV From Upcoming Album 'No One Was Driving The Car' - Stereoboard UK

Photo: Martin La Dispute have shared three new tracks.

La Dispute Share Three More Songs From 'No One Was Driving The Car': Listen

Next month, the great Michigan post-hardcore band La Dispute will return with No One Was Driving The Car, their first new album in six years. No One Was Driving The Car is divided up into multiple acts, and La Dispute have been unveiling the album one act at a time — the three-song opening, the incredible nine-minute epic “Environmental Catastrophe Film,” the five-song third act. That might seem pretentious, but La Dispute’s vast, sincere music …