the lights are back on…
“All that I fear
don´t turn away
and leave me to plead in this whole other place…what if I never break
estuary won´t you take me
far away
far away”
Let me get this out of the way right now. I heart Interpol. I love them with all my heart. We New Yorkers owe this band owe this band a bushelful of thanks and then some. They, along with fellow favourite sons The Strokes, helped to reinvigorate the local music scene. They helped us to reclaim our identity as the greatest city on Earth in terms of musical relevance. I know I tend to wax poetic often about Manchester but at the end of the day, New York City is the place musicians come to when they want to take on the big boys.
Since their 2002 debut Turn On The Bright Lights, the band has turned the indie scene on its head with dark and moody post-punk. Thanks to Interpol, bands like Editors, White Lies and the like would be able to follow in their footsteps and score major label deals. While I must admit I didn’t go gaga over Interpol’s major label debut, 2007’s Our Love To Admire, nothing changes the fact that the band has accrued enough capital to allow them a mulligan. It also doesn’t change the fact that since then, the band has been sorely missed. New drones and moans were needed in the worst way in the hearts and minds of each and every Interpol fan worldwide.
Time to turn those bright lights on once more, children. The band has come out of hiding and present us with a gift in the form of a new single called…Lights. This is the Interpol I know and love. There’s no thinly-veiled attempt at a pop hit to be found here (Cough…The Heinrich Maneuver…). If anything else, it’s much closer to the debut album’s sound in terms of scope. Much darker and a return to basics of sorts. I could say more but why ruin it? Listen to Lights yourself and rediscover the magic that is Interpol.
Stalk Me.