Wildlife (La Dispute album)

Wildlife
Studio album by La Dispute
Released	October 4, 2011
Recorded	November 2010, April 2011
Studio	Drasik Studios, Chicago StadiumRed, New York[1]
Genre	Post-hardcore, progressive rock
Length	57:50
Label	No Sleep
Producer	La Dispute
La Dispute chronology
Never Come Undone (2011) Wildlife (2011) Rooms of the House (2014)
Singles from Wildlife
"Harder Harmonies" Released: August 23, 2011 "The Most Beautiful Bitter Fruit" Released: September 9, 2011

Wildlife is the third studio album by American post-hardcore band La Dispute, released October 4, 2011, on independent label No Sleep Records. Recording sessions for the album took place primarily at StadiumRed in New York City in April 2011. The band members took control of all of the production duties alongside the album's recording engineers, Andrew Everding and Joseph Pedulla. Wildlife was their last release on No Sleep Records before forming their own record label, Better Living.

Noted by music writers for its varied elements, Wildlife incorporates musical components from La Dispute's previous releases, particularly Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair and Here, Hear III., and genres such as screamo, progressive rock and post-rock. The album features lyrical themes that – while making several references to the band's home town of Grand Rapids – focus on personal loss, anger, despair, and in the vision of the band, is a collection of unpublished "short stories" from a hypothetical author, complete with the author’s notes and sectioned thematically by the use of four monologues.

The album debuted at number 135 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 3,140 copies in its first week. It spent one week on the chart and charted only in the United States. Prior to its release, Wildlife was promoted with two singles, "Harder Harmonies" and "The Most Beautiful Bitter Fruit". The album was well received by critics, who mainly praised its conceptual lyrics and more melodic approach to the band's style.