''Here, Hear.'' is an EP by La Dispute, released on May 15, 2008 through Forest Life Records. The extended play contains a series of spoken-word tracks that focus on combining pieces of pre-existing poetry and writings with a variety of instrumentation.

Release

Released originally as a 7" Vinyl with 300 copies distributed in only one colour permuatation: white. It also accompanied the first 100 sales of the Untitled 7". With the release of the third EP in the series on December 24, 2009, the first three volumes became available for download off

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; all proceeds will benefit well House Community Living of Grand Rapids, a non-profit outreach program in Grand Rapids that provides emergency shelter and permanent housing for homeless families. When the period of donation ended on January 17, 2010, La Dispute was able to raise $1715.44 for Well House. All subsequent donations go towards covering recording expenses of the band.

Lyrical Themes

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''. Two is lyrics from the poem "somewhere i have never traveled" by

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. Three is based upon Edgar Allan Poe's poem "

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". While Four is based upon an Asian myth, and the lyrics are amalgamations of different versions on the story. This story is the ground work for the lyrical theme of their debut album ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

*Jordan Dreyer -

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

*Brad Vander Lugt -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

, keyboards,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

*Chad Sterenberg -

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

*Kevin Whittemore -

*Adam Vass -

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, additional guitars

External links

Download location of ''Here, Hear.'' on Bandcamp

Well House Community living of Grand Rapids Charity Site

References

{{La Dispute 2008 EPs La Dispute (band) EPs