Interpol C or D?

second one's like a young David Eugene Edwards

er... with, like, a different head and face and hair. (ok, I was wrong)

Second from right is ER's Noah Wyle with a beard...

The new album is really growing on me - I saw them at the Rock Werchter festival this weekend, wasn't going to stay for their whole show, but I did in the end, so I guess I liked them.

the new album is sitting on 92 on metacritic after 5 reviews

bloody hell

(they obviously weight Playlouder reviews much higher than OMM, which is a surprise, and Amazon.com, which is not)

"Lighthouse" is such a pathetic example of "atmosphere."

In NYMag, Paul Banks described the late night PATH train as "amateur hour for alcoholics," which is a nice, succinct, accurate description, so I give him some credit.

getting raves - mojo, nme etc. 'best album yet' type talk.

This is the first album on which they're unable even to make their meaninglessness signify on any level.

CLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC
I love this band more than life.
Well I exaggerate but I really love their entire sound, every album is more epic than the last, gorgeous lyrics, its atmospheric and moody and I love the darkly romantic sensuality of it all, their music is...
http://static.px.yelp.com/bphoto/AnCkEbNFOa7Q8Igzo5mPNA/l
I can only gush. Hate all you want, but its a beautiful thing they've done with music..*sigh*
Oh and since when has Interpol been attractive?
ALWAYS.

^^^AWFULLY worded review there but its accurate

HUH?

the new album is sitting on 92 on metacritic after 5 reviews

They should have stopped at 5 reviews. For Interpol's sake.

Metacritic needs to adjust the scale of their rating system. Seems like every album falls between 60 and 80 points, which means "generally favorable reviews," and anything hip enough to appear on ILM is almost always in that range.

It's been a year since that awful record, no?

Lord Sotosyn, Hater of Ye Olde Interpol Greats. We meet again.

Yes, except Alfred's right. That Interpol disc was between totally unnecessary and downright bad.

First disc was great, tho. Deserves the praise it got.

hip enough to appear on ILM

Can somebody run me a meme-ometer check on this one please?

Interpol's music has been on a steady downward trajectory since the debut EP. apparently so has their cocaine use; here's hoping they get fuckin' loaded for this next album, and put out something great again.

Interpol: Better music via seedier vices.

I am pro-Interpol, feel like hateration is insider baseball bullshit

^^John D....

http://kreations-by-katie.com/store/images/Ygafim_KAHweb.jpg

Can anyone explain the difference between Interpol and The Editors?

Well this is a review from the illustrious fuckwankers at NME and its such unmitigated bullshit that I really don't know whether to laugh, cry or commit arson at the NME offices but thats how I feel if I ever happen to read an NME article anyways...

"They're the worst band on the planet, a tuneless, talentless shower of Joy Division copyist fuckwits. Their whining, dreary, two-note-monotone singer sounds like a cancerous baboon having his tonsils amputated and they should, by act of law, be dragged cock-first into the nearest ditch, shot in the head with a bolt gun and have their entrails fed to diseased rats. And their new album is unmitigated dogshit. They're called Interpol and may they never be mentioned in the same breath as the mighty, immaculate Editors ever again.

Watching Editors make their comeback tonight is like being in the sun screening room from Sunshine at 100 per cent exposure; awesome in the true sense of the word. Most comeback gigs swing between familiarity (of the old songs) and endurance (of the new ones), this one races from familiarity to nailed-to-the-back-wall-by-a-hail-of-razorfire-guitar-scree wonder. As a final, 'Fingers In The Factories' pounds us out of our elated senses, Mad Tom mimes tearing the roof off the Parr Hall. Warrington duly obliges. Wake up Interpol, you're dead: Editors just turned up the bright lights.

Mark Beaumont"

Not too long ago they levelled this same criticsm albeit with different wording at the Editors who truly, truly are a lower rent version of Interpol and in fact more of a Joy Divison rip off than Interpol.

"the mighty, immaculate Editors"

"Wake up Interpol, you're dead: Editors just turned up the bright lights."

This is too fucking funny.

Can anyone explain the difference between Interpol and The Editors?

Interpol rip off Joy Division subtly and are sometimes great. Editors rip off Joy Division shamelessly and are always awful.

What you have to understand is that Mark Beaumont is a complete and utter cunt, and talentless, and a cunt, and an IPC yes-man at that. And a cunt.

I can't remember if John D's "things to compare Interpol to besides Joy Division" list mentioned Kitchens of Distinction, but it probably should have.

nabisco, please remember that there's no "I" in threesome.

It's been heartening to read them getting so much respect in all of the end of decade polls. Nice timing too as i think alot of people got a bit bored of them after the last album. This gives us all a nice bit of perspective. I keep hearing Daniel Kessler's guitar sound all over albums this year; Wild Beasts, The XX, White Lies etc.

God bless them!

God damn it :(

http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/05/09/carlos-d-leaves-interpol/

Off to give herpes to some other well-meaning band, I am sure.

Interpol’s star has risen steadily over the years,

it has?

It SO has not. They signed to a major label and then essentially disappeared.

woah

anyway, yeah, they peaked in 2002 in many's eyes, even though Antics is so great

eh i think they're actually more popular than y'all think -- they're just not that "cool" anymore. more like kings of leon fans are into them.

There's a match made in hell.

YEAAAAAAH THIS THREAD IS ON FIRE

something something boat something out to see something babyyyyyyy

What a disaster for Interpol.

I PICTURE YOU AND A SESSION BASSIST ON THE STAGE, THIS COULD NOT BE OK

Dave Pajo replaces Carlos D? http://twitter.com/davidpajo/status/15559821011

Yeah, Pitchfork reported that a couple of days ago:

http://pitchfork.com/news/39025-interpol-set-lp-title-enlist-dave-pajo/

Still feeling sad for the guy :(

also, what's-his-name from Secret Machines.

new track that's been floating around is unbelievably crap.

here is their new video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_CalTEVCOs

it's so funny to see people being so nice about interpol up top

I've never understood the hate for Our Love to Admire. I really like the new song, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1cbWoR2coE