Interpol: Turn On the Bright Lights poll

yeah in that podcast he talks about growing up in an abusive household and is now completely estranged

i actually have a newfound respect for him after listening to that whole thing. and feel sort of bad that he's kind of out to sea with his psychological issues post-rock band or whatever. he kinda has that father john misty-syndrome but i'd rather get a beer with carlos.

hat father john misty-syndrome

she feels that my sentimental side should be held by mike love

— Nicky Smith (@MUGGER1992) December 5, 2017

B-

paul banks (dissociating): she doesn’t know that i left my urge in KOKOMO, WE’LL GET THERE FAST AND THEN WE’LL TAKE IT slow hands, we put the weights all AROUND ROUND ROUND GET AROUND I GET AROUND AAAAAAAAARRGGHHHHHHHHH lets see about this ham

— Nicky Smith (@MUGGER1992) December 5, 2017

when i'm feeling lazy it's probably because i'm saving up my energy to pick up when you move into my airspace, move into my airspace
something's coming over me i see you in the doorway i can't control the part of me that swells up when you move into my airspace, move into my airspace

came out 17 years ago today.

was watching this Stars series Sweetbitter that is set in the early 00's NYC and Interpol had a cameo doing a concert playing songs off Antics.

i can't believe how old this is, it feels so recent. man are the years flying by.

i remember buying the EP first and was so excited for this release that i probably bought it on the release day.

i think this is the first album i listened to bc of a pitchfork review and bc i liked it so much ended up being an annoying pitchfork kid in hs, sorry

(that apology is to the world for how i was when i was 16)

great alb

i think this is the first album i listened to bc of a pitchfork review and bc i liked it so much ended up being an annoying pitchfork kid in hs, sorry

wow, i have loved this album MOST OF MY LIFE

Super drunk performance of The New from 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I5oPoF3CfQ

Great clip! Weird they were already pretty big before the album. I’d forgotten that. I really can’t recommend the Lizzy Goodman book (Meet Me In The Bathroom) enough. I’m assuming anyone who loves TOTBL has read it but y’all need to if not. It’s really funny too.

They weren't, it was a coincidental one-off, somebody dropped out of the festival last minute and they booked Interpol like a week before. Did they play any UK gigs in 2001? the Peel session came out in April, I think they got signed off Chris Lombardi hearing that

ugh this album is so great

it’s a hard life, the atmosphere here is superior and the songcraft on antics is tighter

fave song on this is stella followed rapidly by hands away

my favorite things about this album are the drums and the laser guitars

otm

the latter half of pda

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 04:48 (twelve years ago) link

^ My favorite thing this band has ever done is that outro jammer. It's very pretty!

this album holds up perfectly of course. my vote today might be stella.

NYC would be my vote

Anyone ever snag an original first pressing 150 gram vinyl copy? It’s only one piece of vinyl but sounds better than I’ve ever heard it. Only ever heard it on cd previously. I don’t go in too much for the old cd vs vinyl wars but there’s no denying it in this particular case.

I think the upcoming 20th anniversary might provoke more reissues and deluxe editions and such, they do tend to go in for that stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-6321NWxOE

what a dope drum part

one of the best. it's just clever enough without ever being tryhard

This is interesting, i don't think i appreciated just how involved Carlos was in the songwriting

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/interpols-turn-on-the-bright-lights-at-10-an-oral/

what a dope drum part

― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, February 2, 2022 12:53 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

Dat hi hat

He plays my favorite part wrong (no shame, it's an incredibly difficult section).

This guy plays it pretty all right imho:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6AN1LQBpx8

whoops wrong vid, this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4yIuBpqE-Y

iirc Sam said that he copped that move from his predecessor who left Interpol for Saetia lol

I've never made it through this album. They sounded too much like a carbon copy of Joy Division. It made me angry.

it barely sounds like jd, go listen to it again

Strokes and Interpol sound vaguely like VU/Television and Joy Division but with all the charisma sucked out of the original bands.

"Obstacle 1" sounds like a JD outtake, albeit with the vocals in a slightly higher register.

Haven't listened to this since I was probably 16. Pleasantly suprised to find it still holds up (though with a touch more melodrama than I can enjoy)

For the hundredth time, they sound like the chameleons not joy division.