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Incoming: new Interpol
AanAllein:
--- Quote from: the_pied_piper on 21 Nov 2009, 00:55 ---For me, Interpol are one of those bands that produce great half-albums i.e. half of the tracks on the album are good or better while the rest are pretty mediocre. It happened on Our Love To Admire aswell as Antics and Turn On The Bright Lights but I will definitely give it a listen even if only half of the songs are worth listening to again.
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Definitely agree with this - I saw a review somewhere describe Antics as "A-Side/B-Side/A-Side/B-Side" etc and that pretty much sums it up. I don't think Our Love to Admire was dire but it certainly had a lot more misses, and unlike the first 2 albums I can't say I'm ever really drawn to listen to it again (a track or two from it? Sure. Just not the whole thing).
Hopefully they can remedy this with album. no 4. I really think they have the potential to make an amazing record, rather than "pretty-damn-good-but-not-quite-there" ones.
David_Dovey:
Even if I were to accept the premise that Interpol have ever written a good song (I haven't), you're telling me that it's pretty accepted that they basically have a strike rate of 50% across three albums? Fucking hell, why bother?
spoon_of_grimbo:
i've heard a few songs by this band. well, i say "songs," i really mean "short arrangements of moody, cooler-than-thou, depressing aural slurry."
De_El:
I dunno, I refuse to acknowledge the insinuation that none of their songs are good, and I kind of appreciate their goofy posturing. I don't think it makes them look cool or whatever, but Carlos D wore a shoulder holster to shows because he thought it was badass. That's hilarious! I don't even understand what kind of image that's supposed to cultivate, but then again, who knew what the fuck Bowie was on about when he did the Thin White Duke? Although, I suppose the difference there is thast Bowie actually did look cool, and really, people did know what the fuck he was on about (cocaine). Interpol are definitely very good with tone and atmosphere, and they're probably a lot stronger at being an idea of a cool band than actually being a cool band, but I adore Turn on the Bright Lights, so I'm sort of trapped.
Retrospectre:
--- Quote from: De_El on 22 Nov 2009, 13:20 ---who knew what the fuck Bowie was on about when he did the Thin White Duke?
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Cocaine mostly.
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