Let Us Anticipate Interpol - El Pintor 9/9/2014

(the podcast)

Wow, what do I haaaaate more, Paul Banks or ~comedy~.

(There's a reason Kessler is my favourite; he goes on podcasts to talk about yummy vegetarian food for an hour.)

In other news, Kessler has just announced that he's done a solo album of Selected Ambient Works to be released under the name Big Noble next spring.

"It’s a good record to probably hear with headphones and walking around and letting the sounds of the city or nature or wherever you’re at kind of seep into the background."

Yes, I'm just waiting until he arranges for Robert Macfarlane or somebody to design some special nature walks to hike while listening to the album, to maximalise the "relevant to my interests" target-shaped appeal of this idea.

*wanders off muttering something about how he can stop trying to get me adore him now because it's already worked*

I recently found out that a friend's BFF once dated Sam Fogarino. I didn't pry for any juicy details.

please do though

Does anyone have a WSJ account? This is behind the paywall. :(

http://online.wsj.com/articles/interpols-dan-kessler-on-five-electrifying-albums-1412287964

Curious as to which his favourite PJ Harvey album is (I'm guessing the other 4 are all Fugazi records)

Daniel Kessler, 40, is the guitarist for American rock band Interpol. The group's latest album, "El Pintor" (Matador/Soft Limit), came out last month. He spoke with Marc Myers:

I sound American, but I didn't move there with my family until 1985, when I was 11. I was born in London and lived outside Paris from age 6 to 11.

Music hit me early. My two older brothers were constantly listening to something interesting and covered their walls with magazine cutouts of rockers.

I started playing guitar when I was 14 but didn't start on the piano until I was an adult. I've always loved music on the edge.

The Clash, "Sandinista!" (1980) // The band's follow-up to "London Calling" remains a fascinating listen, mostly because it marries punk with dance beats, '60s soul, reggae, electronic, rockabilly and other forms that were all crashing together then. Each track is completely different from the last.

Tappa Zukie, "In Dub" (1977) // Tappa Zukie is a Jamaican reggae DJ and producer. I discovered this album in a reggae record store in New York's East Village. Dub is reggae with high levels of production, and liberties are taken to bend the music, like elongating the snare drum or bass.

Aphex Twin, " Richard D. James Album" (1996) // Aphex Twin is an alias for Richard D. James, an English electronic musician and a melodic genius. The music here has aged well. When released, the album created an entirely new genre and had an everlasting influence on me.

Fugazi, "In on the Kill Taker" (1993) // I love Fugazi's energy. On this album, you can hear the progress of punk from hard core to a more innovative interpretation. The band's two guitarists-- Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto--play these tremolo-picked riffs that are really interesting.

PJ Harvey, "To Bring You My Love" (1995) // This album is incredible from start to finish. The production is terrific, especially on "Working for the Man." It's kind of loose and relaxedin the best of ways, with these little moments and big surprises. I was obsessed with it.

Thank you so much! You've made my day!

#RelevantToMyInterests

http://www.factmag.com/2014/10/23/interpol-my-desire-factory-floor-remix/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FactMagazineMusicAndArt+%28FACT+magazine%3A+music+and+art%29

(Maybe I should have put this on the Factory Floor thread instead because it sounds like FF are hitting their Technique phase rn)

OK, I fully understand that the interface between "Interpol fans" and "people who are interested in weird little wibbly SAW type noodlings" is precisely ONE, but we have a release date for Big Noble*?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWEwGG2SVNE

*Kessler's ambient side-project with Joseph Fraioli, which is basically big reverb-laden shoegaze guitars over the top of ambient electronic textures because: because he is trying to kill me, that's why.

Release date of February 3rd. I'm kind of excited. Because of all the boys I adore, the one I thought least likely to ever come out with an album of SAWs, Kessler was probably the least likely.

i would much rather read PB's poetry, i don't mean that sarcastically, i would buy like 3 copies of his poetry book if he wrote one to give to friends

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/interpol-interview-theres-something-about-new-york-its-still-pure

Fogarino: God, oh, yeah. Carlos had his pants pinned with the seams together. It all looked good in the photographs, but when you got up close to it, it just, like, whew. Everybody thought, Oh, they’re in their Prada suits. No, it’s just this vintage-store stuff, pieced together—J.C. Penney jacket, Sears pants. It was all crap.

<3 so much <3

(They still looked 10x better in shitty JC Penny suits than most dudes will ever look in Prada. Sigh.)

http://38.media.tumblr.com/010e19e8dc8e90fc6f237c961e0c0902/tumblr_nez7zsaw411qllbb8o1_1280.jpg

I recognise at this point that absolutely no one cares about this but me, but... two pieces of news in the past few weeks.

1) Kessler finally released his long-threatened Shoegaze / Selected-Ambient-Works project, Big Noble.

http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/big-noble-first-light

It is possibly the most Branwell-friendly collection of music ever made, so much so that I'm slightly suspicious and feel like I'm being pandered to. Of course I love it. How could I not? I'm still not recovered from him eating ice cream and helping old ladies across the street.

2) Carlos D is writing a book. Sorry, 'writing' is far too pedestrian a term for what Carlos is doing. Carlos 'has begun drafting a book of autobiographical essays'. It will be the most annoying book ever written. I will no doubt read it eight times. Oh, and he's written and has been performing a one-man-show performance art / talk at the audience about himself monologue called Boy, Interrupted.

https://40.media.tumblr.com/c1a3c1f0810a76f87a5274ccebdf738f/tumblr_njewx0GV6A1qgze9ho6_1280.png

Promo photos like this make me suspicious that Mr D might be getting into ~evolutionary psychology~ and I know that he is on a 15-year quest to become the most ANNOYING human being in the history of annoyingness, but I really will beat him about the head with Mary Midgley books if that's the course he's chosen to go down.

http://40.media.tumblr.com/574dc62e816235d8b495bf977c06cc27/tumblr_njb342bfsB1rjw8sqo1_400.jpg

(Yeah yeah, I know, there is a dedicated ILX Carlos D thread I should be putting this on, but it's full of herpes and Jon Williams and I'm not sure which is a greater impediment.)

damn I think this might be my fave Interpol record now, flab-free and rich with detail. also a surprisingly good summer album. probably all the surfing mentions help.

"my desire" isn't terrible but boy do i miss carlos