Dispatch

Four-Day Trials (Bomber)
by Scott Hefflon

Formerly known as One Fell Swoop, Dispatch popped into the studio to lay down a few new tracks and ended up with a 10-song, 45-minute release, recorded in four days (hence the title, genius). The three members met in Vermont, moved to Boston, and have been honing their sound – self-described “tri-vocal funk-coustic instrument-swap groove” – ever since. With three self-released records beneath their belts, Dispatch has gathered praise from the likes of the Eagles’ Bernie Leadon (“Dispatch has a signature sound in their vocal harmonies”) and The Presidents of the United States of America’s Dave Dederer (“They’ve got the ju-ju: Catchy songs, spirited playing, and sweet three-part harmonies”). And with an energetic, instrument-swapping live set fluctuating between acoustic and electric numbers, Dispatch have been boggling minds with their jams, improvisations, traded raps, beautiful harmonies, and overall stage antics.

With healthy doses of funk, soul, passionate ballads, and driving rock (often with three-ways raps), Dispatch is a band to catch live and blast at parties until the cops show up. Hell, they might just start dancing as well!