Interpol - Interpol

isn't Dave Pajo in Interpol now? Is he on the album? Good move if so.

skimming Wikipedia . . .

Carlos D. played bass on the record:

It was announced that Interpol's fourth album will be self-titled and will be released sometime in mid-September.[14] It will be bassist Carlos D.'s last effort with Interpol.

On Pajo:

In early June 2010, the musicians who will play with Interpol on live dates were announced to be David Pajo (formerly of Slint and many other bands) on bass and Brandon Curtis of The Secret Machines on keyboards and vocals.

pajo is hella wicked

good review in dusted
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5945
surprising

The album art for their first two records was appropriate and functional, but art for the past two records seriously veers into some smh territory.

To be fair, the last two have had some gems. I wish more of their recent output would mimic the closing tracks on the new one, and a handful from the one before. All of the good qualities of post-Antics Interpol and what few there are of Banks' (or Julian Plenti, whatever the hell he wants to be called) solo material.

Pace is the trick.

LOL did people actually check out that Julian Plenti/Paul Banks album???

LOL did people actually check out that Julian Plenti/Paul Banks album???

A little embarrassed, but, yes, I did. Had to check it out when I heard Matador was back in the picture. There're a couple of good ones on it, if you can imagine.

LOL did people actually check out that Julian Plenti/Paul Banks album???

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, September 7, 2010 5:39 PM

was way better than Our Love To Admire, but nowhere near as good as the first two Interpol records

<3 Alfred's ongoing trolling of Interpol

My pleasure!

I actually really like this one, which is more than I can really say for Antics or the last one. Personally, I'd rate them about like this:

Turn On the Bright Lights - 9.3 (still one of my favorite albums of last decade, questionable lyrics and all)
Antics - 7.2 (was a huge disappointment at the time, but it has grown on me a bit)
Our Love to Admire - 6.8 (this never really clicked with me at all)
Interpol - 8.0ish (still early goings, don't see it really climbing a whole lot higher though)

the subway she is a porno . . . swagswag

― markers, Tuesday, August 17, 2010 8:01 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark

haaaa

Silly me for wanting to actually discuss the music instead of postingquoting "funny" zings.

Although, tbh, that line in question is almost always lol-worthy.

d00d, I actually really like the first two Interpol records! there was a period from, like, fall 2008 to the beginning of 2009 where that's what I listened to the most

then I listened to Our Love To Admire, didn't like it -- did like the Banks solo record, but it doesn't touch either of the first two Interpol LPs. looks like this one isn't gonna be that great, but we'll see

I think there's a certain downhill trend:

Turn On the Bright Lights - 9,0
Antics - 8,4 (definitely a grower, but after it clicked it's magical)
Our Love to Admire - 7,7 (a few standout tracks and sometimes a bit dull, but still great)
Interpol - 7,0 - (first half is more than promising, second half is pedestrian, expect the great closing track)

really really dug both their first two albums as well. and I love their lyrics.

can't understand how even fans didn't hear that they were a one-album band.

My ratings:

Interpol EP - 8.2
Turn On the Bright Lights - 9.6
The Black EP - 7.5
Antics - 4.9
Our Love to Admire - 2.3
Interpol - ???

Antics - 4.9

http://www.gifbin.com/bin/092009/1253886001_office-no.gif

i liked antics better than bright lights, less straight up early 00s post-punk revival and more interesting and catchy melodies imo

My ratings:

Interpol EP - 8.2
Turn On the Bright Lights - 9.6
The Black EP - 7.5
Antics - 4.9
Our Love to Admire - 2.3
Interpol - ???

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor)

on this trajectory, i'd answer the ??? question at, say, 0.1.

http://www.wpcs.com.au/sitebuilder/breedsections/knowledge/asset/medium/20/shetland_pony.jpg

Got a hearly lol from that Steve C. pic upthread, thanks!

*hearty

Yikes!

a hearly lol

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2010/08/12/alg_weezer-hurley.jpg

Why is Pfork making markers and me wait until next week for our Interpol review...?

;_;

Listening to this now... ^___^

Bought this at Target today for $7.99. Haven't listened to it yet (busy transcribing an interview with Phil Anselmo) but my wife likes it.

Why is Pfork making markers and me wait until next week for our Interpol review...?

;_;

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor)

man, no review? thinking of going to buy the record today -- maybe

I've listened once and it's not a record that I immediately love or hate. Mood is consistent throughout, no songs really jumped out at me as THE SINGLE or THE BEST SONG. Overall it's not offensively bad, but a bit of a snooze.

is the production any better than Our Love to Admire's?

Not sure, I listened on cheap earbuds. ;_;

i'll check it out

Might get around to listening to this, only because I recently was reminded that a few songs from Turn Off The Bright Lights were "quite good". Then I'll be let down and have to punch my balls or something.

no review for Interpol, sorry d00ds u_u

Pfork review is up and... it's not pretty, lol.

Brutal in its unflinching accuracy, economy and fairness. Solid state (and that's from a guy who harshes on [nabisco] as a side job).

i like it more than the last one.

Yeah, this is still way better than the last one.

Agree, Pfork was way too kind to that horrific last album. Nabisco OTM, though.

Yeah, I can't disagree with anything he had to say, but I'd have bumped the score up a couple of points.

YLTA is an abortion, 1.x, shit was just atrocious. Feel like this is yr #6.0 guyz.

^-Y+O

OLTA was one of those albums that, as soon as I saw the cover art (still-life wildlife portrait???) and the track listing ("No I in Threesome"???) I was like "oooooooohhhhh shit, this album is going to blow."

Hi. What'd I miss?

Pfork gave Interpol s/t album a well-deserved 10.0 Best New Music as well as Best Album of 2010 since it obviously has no competition.

9 years later and I finally think I understand the 'subway she is a porno' line