LA DISPUTE

In the 2017 psychological thrillerFirst Reformed, a grieving churchgoer sprawls out over atroubled priest on a hardwood floor and together they begin to levitate in an empty room, theirphysical communion tearing at the fabric of reality as they float through ethereal landscapes andobliterate time andspace for a moment. The scene serves as an influence for La Dispute. Aftertwo decades of being a band, La Dispute are getting ready to release their cinematic fifth studioalbum,No One Was Driving The Car, whose title comes from a quote from a police officerDreyer read in a news article about a lethal self-driving Tesla crash, an absurd event whichraises questions about the amount of control we have in our own lives.