TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS -- whatcha reckon?

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Oh and also, Tom, you know how when Belle and Sebastian emerged people said "well I know it doesn't sound so much like the Smiths, but it feels like it?" And then only much later on did people begin to be able to actually look into it and try to figure out exactly why it felt that way, and whether that was a good thing or not? Okay: Interpol have a similar thing going on, hence all the comparisons -- sort of a "yes, this really feels like Smiths or Cure or Echo and the Bunnymen pop albums." Not as significantly so as Belle and Sebastian -- Interpol come across as a good solid rock band, but not anything striking or amazing or let's say wardrobe-shaping as B&S -- but there's that lingering sense there, and once again I think it'll take a little while to figure out precisely what it is and whether it's worthwhile or not.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 15:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

(Err I think the difference of strikingness-level between B&S and Interpol is that B&S seemed to posit this whole "lifestyle" around them that you could try to imagine or sign up for, whereas Interpol don't.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 15:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

Hows about Interpol actually sound like Interpol. Who cares really who they sound like all that matters is the music is quality.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 15:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

yeah, man. when did it all go wrong. we used to folk out around the bonfire, just singin and clappin. man, what the hell happened?

― boxcubed (boxcubed), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 16:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

nabisco: you know how when Belle and Sebastian emerged people said "well I know it doesn't sound so much like the Smiths, but it *feels* like it?"

Hm. I felt exactly like that, except with The Band of Holy Joy substituted for The Smiths.

― OleM (OleM), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 19:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

What band will be the first to be referred to as Interpolish?

― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 20:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sounds like something you use on your car.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 20:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

(Or something you'd use to get from Warsaw to Krakow.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 28 August 2002 13:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

Can someone please post something about this band that isn't actually about their own record collection??
I tried writing a review of the album without mentioning any other artists- it's probably pretty bad, but here goes: perma link to it (if that doesn't work, scroll down).

Anyway, I'm still pretty happy with the album- NYC is a *great* song.

― lyra (lyra), Wednesday, 28 August 2002 22:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

three weeks pass...

I finally heard it. And yeah, the Kitchens Of Distinction comparisons are spot on. I can't get excited about this record at all. It's like the homogenization of all these hip 80s bands. I'd rather listen to the original bands.. or the Doves for that matter.

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 21:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm starting to wonder whether I should never hear it and just imagine what it sounds like. It can be the bastard child of Durutti Column and the Comsat Angels when I'm in a good mood and Zerra X outtakes when I'm in a bad one.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 01:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

I reckon Mark Edwards should sue for royalties.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 25 September 2002 01:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

I don't know about the Mark Edwards comparison. Certain the first track off My Dad Is Dead's "Peace, Love, and Murder" comes to mind, but I think there was something brutally honest in MDID stuff that just isn't in Interpol...

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 03:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

Actually you're all wrong: they sound like The Velvet Underground!!!

― Nate Patrin, Wednesday, 25 September 2002 03:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

five years pass...

still stands up.

― pisces, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 07:57 (sixteen years ago) link

First album, yes. Anything that came afterwards is poop.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 08:34 (sixteen years ago) link

I like the other two albums too, but this is their best, no question.

― zeus, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 09:53 (sixteen years ago) link

the fukd id ep is their pinnacle

― electricsound, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 11:28 (sixteen years ago) link

Not so long ago I listened to this album for the first time in, what, three or four years? Shocked at how much is still ***LOVE*** it.

― RabiesAngentleman, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 11:58 (sixteen years ago) link

nine years pass...

Paul's delivery at :52

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGcm8M4DcQc

― flappy bird, Friday, 23 June 2017 05:25 (six years ago) link

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