Though Our Love to Admire is technically Interpol's first major-label album, the way the band attempted to streamline the gorgeously dark atmospherics of Turn on the Bright Lights into something more marketable on Antics made that album feel more like their big-time debut than this album does. On Our Love to Admire, Interpol spends roughly half their time following Antics' gameplan of distilling their sound into readily accessible hooks, and the other half stretching their sound with deluxe arrangements and filligrees like strings, brass, and keyboards (all of which are used to grandiose effect on "Wrecking Ball"). Our Love to Admire's poppy tracks have been polished into black patent leather brilliance: "No I in Threesome"'s jaunty, insistent rhythms and "The Heinrich Maneuver"'s relatively bright, bouncy attack show that Interpol has gotten better, or at least more accomplished, at transforming their sound into singles since Antics. More heartening news for Turn on the Bright Lights fans arrives on Our Love to Admire's ambitious tracks, some of which come close to touching the greatness of Interpol's debut. "Pioneer to the Falls" uses the album's expansive production to the hilt, beginning with elegantly treacherous guitars, strings, and pianos; Daniel Kessler's soaring guitar solo and Paul Banks' repeated entreaties of "you fly straight into my heart" feel like the musical equivalent of storm clouds clearing. The song is filmic and full of ideas, and updates the spirit behind Turn on the Bright Lights without rehashing its sound slavishly. "Mammoth" is another standout, a tense yet hypnotic rocker that builds into a graceful fury around the refrain "spare me the suspense" and the band's relentless rhythm section. However, two of the prettiest songs vie for the title of the album's strongest track: "Rest My Chemistry" is Our Love to Admire's languid, luminous centerpiece (and the song that most clearly recalls Turn on the Bright Lights' magic), while the album's spare, vulnerable finale, "The Lighthouse," boasts some of Banks' most natural, affecting vocals yet. When Our Love to Admire falters -- and it falters a fair amount of the time -- it's because Interpol's attention to atmosphere and detail outpaces the songwriting. At this point the band is so professional that songs like "The Scale," "Who Do You Think?," and "Pace Is the Trick" can sound good in the moment, but fail to leave a lasting impression. With nearly as many awkward moments as inspired ones, Our Love to Admire is a somewhat schizophrenic listening experience. It feels like half of an album by a band making sure their songs that fit the mold of what they've done before, and half of an album by a band using their major-label leverage to push their boundaries. Who knows which version of the band will prevail, but there are just enough interesting songs on Our Love to Admire to suggest that they can't be written off entirely just yet.
Like Editors? Joy Division? The Chameleons? A bit of The Cure?I've never been to Alexandra Palace before, so wasn't sure what to expect of Ally Pally. I'd seen Interpol tour their second Album (Antics) at Bristol Carling Academy supported by Secret Machines... so I knew what to expect of them.When you consider another New York band (The Strokes) had a dire second and third album and, from p...
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I used to try and collect all my concert tickets (to be honest, I usually got drunk, fell over and lost them) and when I had enough I would stick them in a picture frame;...So when Postman Pat delivered, what could well be one of my last non-eTickets today it brought a smile to my face. OK, it's just a copy of the album sleeve but it looks so much better than an eTicket and adds something to th...
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I haven't posted in so long I may have forgotten how to use basic HTML. I miss Mog! Damn studies. =) Here is a picture that sums up my Interpol experience last Thursday at Wamu Theater:Beautiful, no? What I like to think are my stealth picture taking skills must have been very obvious that night. Let's see...One general admission ticket: $41 Arriving at the venue between sets (despite getti...
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our love to admire leaked on friday, coming at the most ridiculously perfect time possible. after a pretty rubbish couple of weeks things were looking on the up and as a result of this i had a 24 hour journey that would hopefully reinforce this, so interpol would be the perfect soundtrack. i decided to save the album for the second portion of the journey, the return home, knowing that this woul...
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I cannot get enough of "Rest My Chemistry," off Our Love To Admire, the latest dose from NYC's dazzling depressants, Interpol. I completely forgive (and love) the fact that the guitar riff is ripped off from the Pixies "Where Is My Mind?" The song just flat out rocks. It serves as the perfect soundtrack when repenting your weekend sins on a Sunday morning. That's pretty much been my relations...
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A new Interpol album is always big news, and time never seems to move fast enough between the announcement and the day it comes out at the....store, yeah, that's the story we'll go with today. It didn't help things when I saw their kick-ass show at Coachella, playing three songs from their new album (they ended up being "Pioneer to the Falls", "Mammoth", and "Heinrich Maneuver"), only serving ...
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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 entir...
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Not that I should be surprised but, Interpol has done it again. I had pre-ordered Our Love To Admire about a month ago, and yesterday the anticipation of going home to find that it had been delivered was almost unbearable. That may sound crazy, but it's true. I know that some of you can relate to some artist or band. You feel some sort of connection to their music. Well, Interpol is one of thos...
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_Track Theme: Rest My Chemistry by Interpol_"The great epics of our lives are at the points when we gain the courage to rebaptize our badness as the best in us." - Frederich NietzscheNietzsche would have mogged about Paul Banks. I hope so at least. We’d get tired of constant posts about Wagner. And syphilis. He would liked the fact that both men stand accused of being the catalyst for unspeaka.
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It's no secret that Paul Banks seems lonely. Even though he's lyrically cryptic, often describing common male/female interactions in obscure metaphors and odd imagery, you get the sense listening to his bleak, hollow baritone that he's a man at odds with romance. What meaning one can derive from his words paints a picture of a lifetime of aching desire for the perfect imperfect woman. Not a fai...
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I have to admit, I've never really been into Interpol, not because I dont like them, but there are some artists you always wanted to get into but just never got around to getting the album and then it was just lost in your mind forever....am i alone on this? beuller? beauller?But it will have to become a great regret of mine after listening to some tracks from their upcoming album, as I'm really e
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Sometimes even the best of albums, despite the best of efforts, by the best of bands, just happens to be played prior to its release.And I happen to have heard it.And it happens to be bloody brilliant.Okay, quick rundown of the songs that I just happen to have heard.1. Pioneer to the Falls - The opening song of their recent tour. Quiet intro, slowly filling up with instruments. With in the mids...
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Interpol love eighth notes, and so do I. The first single from their upcoming release "Out Love to Admire" sounds like Interpol doing their very best Interpol impersonation, which is pretty dead-on. It's not as murky or gloomy as some of their earlier work, in fact the production is very crisp and Paul Banks shims his normally droll baritone into an almost pop-star-like tenor. The rest of the b...
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According to a Dutch music magazine the concert was sold out in ten minutes, but when Interpol after two years comes to Holland, well, that's worth a little party. Releasing their new album next month, Interpol is warming up for the festival season and warming the fans up for their new album, and one of their stops is Paradiso, Amsterdam. And I can safely say, I'm warmed up for that album right...
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I'm more than happy to say that Interpol, one of my favorite bands of this decade, are back and just as strong as ever, with some spring in their step and a shiny new Jazzmaster for lead singer Paul Banks. Case and Point? The brand new single, "The Heinrich Maneuver." It recalls tracks like "Slow Hands" and "C'mere," though there's something of a departure here. The guitars are much more pun...
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Yes, six months ago on January 8th, '07 I joined this little Mog community which has changed my life forever. Mog has become my home away from home. To celebrate I thought I'd post one of my fav songs from the new Interpol album(thanks to Dale, release dates ARE for suckas, heh):Loving this whole album *SO* much & I have alot of favs on it. It was difficult to choose just one song. This cd wil...
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_Track Theme: Rest My Chemistry by Interpol_"The great epics of our lives are at the points when we gain the courage to rebaptize our badness as the best in us." - Frederich NietzscheNietzsche would have mogged about Paul Banks. I hope so at least. We’d get tired of constant posts about Wagner. And syphilis. He would liked the fact that both men stand accused of being the catalyst for unspeaka.
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It's no secret that I fancy Interpol. But I did not find many things to admire in their new album.It's not that it is bad, it's musically fine. It's that it is painfully repetitive. And mind you, I never regarded Antics & Turn On The Bright Lights to be alike. I'm not one of those people that thinks that bands should change their sound with every new album, but I do think that bands should take...
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I used to try and collect all my concert tickets (to be honest, I usually got drunk, fell over and lost them) and when I had enough I would stick them in a picture frame;...So when Postman Pat delivered, what could well be one of my last non-eTickets today it brought a smile to my face. OK, it's just a copy of the album sleeve but it looks so much better than an eTicket and adds something to th...
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Been loving this Interpol song off the new album. It's haunting me!I've been going through my storage space here at home in an effort to get rid of alot of the crap I've collected over the years. I'm making some good headway too, thank goddess, but my apt. is a disaster area, heh! So much useless stuff, I'm such a packrat, but I've improved since I'm sick of dealing with all this CRAP!I've foun...
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Interpol announced tour dates today, sharing the stage in Germany with Pearl Jam :Interpol Tour 200705-19 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (KROQ Weenie Roast)05-27 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch!)05-31 Dallas, TX - The Palladium06-02 Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheatre (99X Big Day Out)06-03 Chicago, IL - Metro06-07 Toronto, Ontario - The Guverment06-09 San Francisco, CA - Shoreli...
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Interpol has a new video for their song "No I in Threesome" and you can watch it right here!No I In Threesome/official videoUploaded by karmapolis3This song is from the album Our Love To Admire. The band is currently on US tour with the Liars.
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Yesterday's tributes were really lovely, more than I deserve for sure. So, first things first, thanks to "+Anna+":http://mog.com/Anna/blog_post/97820, "+Lizzie+":http://mog.com/Lizziegreeneyes/blog_post/97874, and "+Erin+":http://mog.com/goodmusiconly/blog_post/97898 for the loverly words, images, and videos. I'm sure that if I had sisters in RL, they'd be hard-pressed to do anything more heart...
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New York rockers Interpol are streaming their upcoming album ??Our Love To Admire?? (Capitol) before its US release date (July 10)."CLICK HERE TO GIVE IT A LISTEN":CH??Our Love To Admire?? is Interpol's third album. Their previous venture, ??Antics?? (Matador) demonstrated all sophomore releases aren't necessarily slumps. ??Antics?? gained critical acclaim in part by following the formula of ...
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It's no secret that Paul Banks seems lonely. Even though he's lyrically cryptic, often describing common male/female interactions in obscure metaphors and odd imagery, you get the sense listening to his bleak, hollow baritone that he's a man at odds with romance. What meaning one can derive from his words paints a picture of a lifetime of aching desire for the perfect imperfect woman. Not a fai...
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I hope this is an indicator of how the rest of the cd will be. I like this a lot. Enjoy.
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"show me the dirt pile and i will pray that the soul can take three stowaways and you vanish with no guile and i will not pay but the soul can wait i felt you so much today oh no, you try you fly straight into my heart you fly straight into my heart girl, i know you try"this song feels like midnight in a strange city. strangers pass and you tell yourself stories so that any lingering fear will ...
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Fortunately the few songs from Interpol's upcoming record Our Love To Admire (out 7/10) which have leaked so far promise the record to be better than its cover art.
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Rolling into the top 3, my nr 3 of my top 10 albums of 2007!Band: InterpolTitle: Our Love to AdmireBest Track: Pioneer to the FallsBest Line: “I felt you so much today. I know you try, you try, straight into my heart.”Trivia: Third album by Interpol First Single was “The Heinrich Maneuver” Saw them live at Paradiso and the 013 this yearWhen I first listened to this album I post
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Interpol love eighth notes, and so do I. The first single from their upcoming release "Out Love to Admire" sounds like Interpol doing their very best Interpol impersonation, which is pretty dead-on. It's not as murky or gloomy as some of their earlier work, in fact the production is very crisp and Paul Banks shims his normally droll baritone into an almost pop-star-like tenor. The rest of the b...
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| 1 Pioneer to the Falls |
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| 2 No I in Threesome |
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| 3 The Scale |
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| 4 The Heinrich Maneuver |
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| 5 Mammoth |
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| 6 Pace Is the Trick |
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| 7 All Fired Up |
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| 8 Rest My Chemistry |
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| 9 Who Do You Think? |
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| 10 Wrecking Ball |
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| 11 The Lighthouse |
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