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How are things on the West Coast?

Posted over 2 years ago
I like Interpol unlike I like any other band. That's not to say I like them more than I like any other band. What I mean is how I grow to appreciate a new Interpol record. With each of their albums, including the latest Our Love to Admire, my initial impressions have pretty much amounted to "oh, a couple good songs, but it's not great." Then somewhere around the third or fourth play I get entirely frustrated with the record, thinking every song sounds the same.But after about six or seven spins, it all comes together. You slip into the record's mood, the whole Joy Division brooding hooked up with lyrics that land somewhere between the R.E.M.'s artiness and the Pixies creepiness.Rest My Chemistry is a damn sad song about fucking up (at least that's what I get from it), even if the beginning sounds a lot like Where is My Mind.The Heinrich Maneuver has a great hook - the biggest on the record - but still keeps a snottiness in tact. I could sing "How Are Things on the West Coast?" a million times.I'm still not crazy about Wrecking Ball and a couple other songs on the album. But I may come around.

Comments (2)

  1. darmuzz says Thanks for your critical listening skills; there are a lot of Interpol fans who are just going to say the whole thing is incredible.
    Permalink posted 07/14/2007
  2. captheoldtimes says haha i just wrote a post on our love to admire and it seems like we had very similar impressions about it.
    Permalink posted 07/16/2007

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