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The latest La Dispute

Posted by Loren on May 18, 2025

The latest La Dispute
photo by Martin Lead

LA Dispute just announced their fifth album, No One Was Driving The Car -- a title for the times -- out Sept. 5, 2025 on Epitaph.

The new record comes six years after

and was inspired by the 2017 thriller First Reformed. "No One Was Driving The Car grapples with malaise in the shadow of the looming apocalypse, which has noticeably been worsened by the advancement of tech," pre-release press tells us.

The first single from the LP is "I Shaved My Head," also the first track on the record.

No One Was Driving The Car tracklist:

  1. I Shaved My Head
  2. Man with Hands and Ankles Bound
  3. Autofiction Detail
  4. Environmental Catastrophe Film
  5. Self-Portrait Backwards
  6. The Field
  7. Sibling Fistfight at Mom’s Fiftieth / The Un-sound
  8. Landlord Calls the Sheriff In
  9. Steve
  10. Top-Sellers Banquet
  11. Saturation Diver
  12. I Dreamt of a Room with All My Friends
  13. No One Was Driving the Car
  14. End Times Sermon
The latest La Dispute
photo by Martin Lead

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