Dee Eye Why

Hey. So, these are two of my favorite bands, but all my skramz purist friends bitch and say that La Dispute is copying Saetia. All my post-hardcore friends with their flannels and boat shoes and keys on their caribbeaners attached to their skinny jeans think that Saetia started the melodic instrumental-spoken screamed vocal style of emo, but that La Dispute did it better.

I don't really know what to think. I understand that Saetia pioneered the sound, but I think that La Dispute does it maybe a little better. I like Brad's vocals in La Dispute, and I love his story-like poetic lyrics. The instrumental section is also much more progressive. Arguably more talented. I love Saetia's rawness too. I love how Billy's scream sounds a strangled muppet having an anxiety attack at 120 mph. Werner's lyrics are much more depressing and poetic though. "There is no happy here."

So, I don't know. I like to think of La Dispute as a neo-Saetia. Doing everything that wasn't around yet back when Saetia was hitting it up.

What do you think? Is La Dispute better than Saetia? Is Saetia better than La Dispute? Did Saetia do it first, but La Dispute do it better? I'm stuck in the middle. Sway me with your opinions.