La Dispute Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair
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Skimaskcheck
January 3rd 2011


2364 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

rules, so good live too

xxKillWithASmile
January 3rd 2011


240 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, when I saw them live they ruled my everything.

BringMeABrick
January 3rd 2011


340 Comments


Amazing review.

xxKillWithASmile
January 3rd 2011


240 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Thanks man!

Rev
January 3rd 2011


9882 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I just got this the other day and I already love it



Great review. Pos

HighandDriving
January 3rd 2011


3288 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Posting in a noob review with kids who discovered emo 6 months ago.

Foxhound
January 3rd 2011


4573 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

fuk this gay album

tkxxx7
January 3rd 2011


6169 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Interesting review, but holding a pos until it isn't so grammatically awkward.

xxKillWithASmile
January 3rd 2011


240 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

HighandDriving-not really sure what you mean dude. I don't know what this review has to do with emo, or why it's a "n00b" one haha.

Chambered-yeah, its corny, but so is the album so it fits.

Tk-any examples of how its grammatically awkward? I thought it was pretty smoothed out.

PinkBlackberry
January 3rd 2011


2346 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Holy fuck this review is extraordinary.



you teeter on the edge of a biography but just before it falls off to that side you bring it back to the music and how it ties in and it keeps it teetering again, that is fantastic to see a writer have that kind of control.



needless to say you get a pos

tkxxx7
January 3rd 2011


6169 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"in early fall–colder than it should have been in October–and" "first quarter–even third–of the"

spaces after the hyphens, otherwise difficult to read



"This mix of emotions I was experiencing as they ravaged through my head was unlike anything I’d ever felt before–all set on by the simplest of phrases, tell-tale of the impending breakup. "



It's clear what you're going for but 'this' needs to be 'the'

also, having "I was experiencing" followed by "as they ravaged through my head" is like saying I was swimming as I had propelled myself through the water

Otherwise good sentence



"notice, I mean, hell,"

should be "notice; I mean, hell"



"The girl I had fallen in love with and was fighting so hard to win back didn’t exist anymore–she was a concept, something too immaterial and ghostly to have for good."



Nothing wrong with it, just wanted to say I liked it a lot.

tkxxx7
January 3rd 2011


6169 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

But yeah, I really liked the review. "Somewhere..." is an album that requires a broken soul to digest it, and you've not only done so but have also documented it well with huge levels of personal input and yet, the review retains a professional air. Very well-done.



For those who don't know, the title is based off the legend/myth/whatever of Vega and Altair, go look it up and you'll understand. "Said The King To The River" is the band's musical adaption of the myth, and it works damned well.



To understand the album completely (including the song titles, which are either slightly pretentious or extremely personal at first glance), listen to the Here, Hear EPs and read the books Dryer (Dreyer?) quotes.

xxKillWithASmile
January 3rd 2011


240 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Thanks you guys! Ill be sure to make those edits. I'm just stoked that it's getting overwhelmingly positive reviews.

HenchmanOfSanta
January 4th 2011


1994 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"Somewhere..." is an album that requires a broken soul to digest it
As someone who hasn't had my heart viciously ripped out and stomped on by a woman and likes this album a lot, I'm going to say no.



But I was never a lyrics person anyway when not listening to rap.

xxKillWithASmile
January 4th 2011


240 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah. I feel like it goes both ways, but an added dimension appears when you've been kicked in the noots by a woman haha. Also, two random negs? ain't that some shit.

HenchmanOfSanta
January 4th 2011


1994 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Man don't say things like that.



You know I'll have the whole song stuck in my head all day now.

xxKillWithASmile
January 4th 2011


240 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

My bad bro. If it's any condolence, it wasn't on purpose.

xxKillWithASmile
May 8th 2011


240 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Also, I saw these guys and Defeater at their tour kickoff two nights ago and it was incredible. If you get the chance to do so, do it.

tkxxx7
May 8th 2011


6169 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

two nights ago? In Detroit? OMG I WAS THERE

xxKillWithASmile
May 8th 2011


240 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

At the Magic Stick, hell yeah dude! I spent all of Defeater and La Dispute's sets getting rammed into the stage haha. My legs are still swollen to shit.



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