La Dispute tour

[ksulli1]

kingston setlist:

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/la-dispute/2012/the-fighting-cocks-kingston-upon-thames-england-5bd147c4.html

[Cobra Lucha]

Birmingham was loads of fun. More shows need to be at Asylum 2, such a great place.

[tomcat]

Bought my ticket for Cardiff earlier, lack of King Park's gonna be a bummer though.

[medichi]

I heard Glasgow was rubbish. Band looked bored and disappointed a lot of people.

[evildannee]

Storming in manchester last night, took a while for the crowd to get going but a lot of teenage girls down the front probably influenced that.

[Boothy]

Last night in Manchester was duuuullllll. It's hard to get excited to live songs about children dying of cancer. Wildlife doesn't work in a live setting.

[AznEmma]

Last night in Manchester was duuuullllll. It's hard to get excited to live songs about children dying of cancer. Wildlife doesn't work in a live setting.

Agreed. And I know I shouldn't say this but whatever. I put [A --> B] Life on in the car while I was driving home.

[ollieXcore]

Last night in Manchester was duuuullllll. It's hard to get excited to live songs about children dying of cancer. Wildlife doesn't work in a live setting.

Agreed. And I know I shouldn't say this but whatever. I put [A --> B] Life on in the car while I was driving home.

I saw you at Kingston. You were wearing a beige Converge shirt.

[AznEmma]

It was grey and it was the day Hevy announced Converge so I think it was entirely fitting.

[danjonesdj]

Wildlife doesn't work in a live setting.

Disagree- I think it's much more powerful. People just don't know the songs yet, which doesn't add to the vibe.

[ollieXcore]

Last night in Manchester was duuuullllll. It's hard to get excited to live songs about children dying of cancer. Wildlife doesn't work in a live setting.

I don't get this comment either. Songs about kids dying of cancer are dull, but according to your comments last night, songs about kids getting shot would've been better?

[Boothy]

Pretty sure I never said songs about kids dying of cancer are dull though Ollie. I said they didn't work live, I imagine King Park wouldn't have either.

[ChrisM.]

Wildlife doesn't work in a live setting.

Disagree- I think it's much more powerful. People just don't know the songs yet, which doesn't add to the vibe.

What? Wildlife has been out for ages.

[ksulli1]

Wildlife doesn't work in a live setting.

Disagree- I think it's much more powerful. People just don't know the songs yet, which doesn't add to the vibe.

What? Wildlife has been out for ages.

the reaction for older songs was generally better in Kingston. Really thought they were brilliant in Kingston, if you life Wildlife I can't see how you'd be disappointed in their set if you know the lyrics. all the songs work well live

[97jambar]

I'm in the 'Wildlife doesn't work all that well live' camp. It felt like something was missing last night, I felt my mind wandering a bit at times during the deluge of 'new' songs.

[customconcern]

I heard Glasgow was rubbish. Band looked bored and disappointed a lot of people.

Disagree.

I guess everyone seems split on how well the new album translates live, but the band definitely didn't look bored.

[mandaguin]

Just because Wildlife has been out for ages, doesn't mean people have listened to it. Judging from last night, most people don't even know/care it exists

I personally enjoyed the set, loved the Wildlife songs, hated the crowd with a passion, and could have killed someone when they dropped I See Everything from the set.

[Boothy]

Band looked interested, played well, sang well, everything on a technical point was fine, but it's hard to go off to songs of such a depressing nature, especially if everyone around you doesn't really know them, factor in that they're a hard band to sing along to at the best of times and you're left with a live experience that's equivalent to listening to a cd, a bit like Muse at leeds fest this year, and while some people absolutely love a live experience that is synonymous with the cd, for me a live a show is all about the personal and artistic touches, something which the manchester show completely lacked.

[ChrisM.]

Just because Wildlife has been out for ages, doesn't mean people have listened to it. Judging from last night, most people don't even know/care it exists

I personally enjoyed the set, loved the Wildlife songs, hated the crowd with a passion, and could have killed someone when they dropped I See Everything from the set.

Fans of La Dispute, going to a La Dispute show, won't have listened to Wildlife?

[mandaguin]

Just because Wildlife has been out for ages, doesn't mean people have listened to it. Judging from last night, most people don't even know/care it exists

I personally enjoyed the set, loved the Wildlife songs, hated the crowd with a passion, and could have killed someone when they dropped I See Everything from the set.

Fans of La Dispute, going to a La Dispute show, won't have listened to Wildlife?

Seriously. I'd say 3/4 of the people at the Manchester show had zero interest in anything new, but went crazy for old songs.

[danjonesdj]

Just because Wildlife has been out for ages, doesn't mean people have listened to it. Judging from last night, most people don't even know/care it exists

I personally enjoyed the set, loved the Wildlife songs, hated the crowd with a passion, and could have killed someone when they dropped I See Everything from the set.

Fans of La Dispute, going to a La Dispute show, won't have listened to Wildlife?

Seriously. I'd say 3/4 of the people at the Manchester show had zero interest in anything new, but went crazy for old songs.

The new songs aren't holding people's attention because kids that go to these kinds of gigs don't have the patience to listen to a song that's essentially a 7-8 minute narrative story - they want to go to go ape-shit and crowdsurf. Lyrically far much more content is crammed into the songs and they aren't really designed to be sing-alongs. But why this ruins it for people I don't understand because musically the new songs are really powerful live.

[Ross.]

Band looked interested, played well, sang well, everything on a technical point was fine, but it's hard to go off to songs of such a depressing nature, especially if everyone around you doesn't really know them, factor in that they're a hard band to sing along to at the best of times and you're left with a live experience that's equivalent to listening to a cd

Hard to disagree with that and some of the other points made elsewhere.

Glasgow was much the same. The disparity between people knowing older songs and Wildlife songs was pretty noticeable and while I don't mind a live experience equivalent to a CD, others won't feel the same. I prefer Wildlife on CD than I do on record but it didn't stop me enjoying their set (probably cause I'm not one of the lose-their-shit, crowd-surf types anyway). Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

[Tash]

Loved last night.

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[leigh]

Musically I really like LD. Vocally, I'm not so keen.
Good vibes in Cardiff last night. Venue was rammed by 8. Former Thieves were really good and LD impressed me. Vocals weren't as whiney live as I was expecting them to be.

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[leggett]

I can't believe people are complaining about a talented lyricist/vocalist who doesn't just write so people can shout shit back at him, what's the point in every single band being the same so every single show is the same? A guitarist doesn't think "shit, I hope people can play along to this if they wanted to..."

I really enjoyed Manchester, I was just in front of the stairs having a good time with one of my mates, it really did seem like most people there didn't give a shit, some weren't even clapping between songs or vaguely nodding along it was the hip place to be that night. I was well impressed with the band but after waiting a couple of years to see them and preferring the first album purely as I've listened to it a lot more I was a little disappointed with the set.