Interpol, "Antics"

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The singer still sounds like a douchebag.

BTW, I think it's kinda meh, too.

new york cares, even if you don't, ned

PS Sellout faux goth 4-EVA!

Story of my life.

genius!

I hope this isn't the final product! it's very bland.

This is a lot more light than I would've expected. A lot of that first album felt kinda oppressive, but this feels a lot more loose. This is a pleasant surprise, because I wasn't expecting much and was trying it mostly out of curiosity.

sounds good to me so far.

http://www.thedeparture.co.uk/news.html

The Departure - a British band from Northampton, signed to Parlophone/ EMI

their debut single: All Mapped Out - is released August 2nd.

They sound very Interpol-ish ! Indeed if you played this too an interpol fan - saying that it was their single - it could fool them !

their debut album is scheduled for early 2005, parlophone will be treating them as priority new band over the next 12 months.

The departure hail from a nowhere town somewhere in the middle of a society
befallen to consumerism, coffee and television.
They take the dynamism of an eighties electro beat, and add lyrics that
convey the two leitmotifs of the twenty first century;
lack of sleep and boredom……”

Haha erk. I'm still curious enough to download the rest of that song though.

Also, you know just as well as I do where you got the URL from and what can arise from leaking information from there. ... Hoep u got 10 bux lol....

While I'd agree Evil has its moments, sounds very psych furs-ish (except for the dreadful chorus lyrics) I'm sure it'll get some radioplay... but I would say the best song on the album is probably NARC, even though it has lost some of the intensity from live versions... Followed closely by Take You On A Cruise & Length of Love, which are both brilliant and what you would expect from the band...

They've barred off the minimalistic approach which managed to sheath their sometimes questionable lyrics that was so effectively balanced on the first album.. Antics however is just dribble lyricwise and theres really nowhere near enough amazing parts where the music speaks for itself no matter what Paul is singing... lyrics abound where they simply just dont belong to anyone with a shred of sense... they've seemingly gone head on into radio friendly territory, some moments, in particular Slow Hands, actually give the lazy franz ferdinand->interpol comparisons some value now, but I really don't see that type of success coming too them as much as it pains me, I really love this band, but Antics is almost an insult to listen to, even for the masses.. its certainly no Closer...

1. Next Exit
2. Evil
3. NARC
4. Take You On A Cruise
5. Slow Hands
6. Not Even Jail
7. Public Pervert
8. C'mere
9. Length Of Love
10. A Time To Be So Small

So I'm interviewing Paul and Carlos tonight - have loads of questions already, but if anyone has anything else to input, speak now or forever hold your peace.

I hear no AOR on Antics at all - at least, absolutely no concessions to the mainstream, if that's what you mean.

The leaked copy was also the highlight of a party I was at earlier this week, and watching a Pitchfork hipster air-drum to "Slow Hands" made me want to strangle someone. I've got to say though, that it sounded much better at the party than when I first heard it at home, and that generally I like Interpol much better when I'm drunk.

The reviews in general seem to be a lot more favourable than that of say, Room On Fire, which seemed to get slammed - only to emerge as a pretty solid follow up in terms of general reception. I suspect Antics is the same deal. Actual Interpol fans would surely be exhibiting knee-jerk-itis to dismiss the progression here. Good stuff! Evil, Narc, Take You On A Cruise, Length Of Love, hell, most of it's really good. okthxbye.

Artists and genres tend be seasonal for me. Getting hold of "important financial notes" in July when I was thinking and wanting big brother beats and mojito-sipping minimal house pushed Antics out or rotation quickly. Now? Now I can't stop listening to the damn thing.

Maybe I'm just an Interpolwhore, but this is exactly the balance of chugging guitar interplay, keys, and melody I had hoped Interpol would create in TOTBL's follow-up. Maybe it's "more of the same," but there's unquestionable progress on almost every front.

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0441/wood.php

Already deleted from my ipod.

"Evil" has a few great lines. So does "Narc."

The guitars are, indeed, quite spindly.

I'm considering getting it coz of a Philistines Jr link.

I found their first album to be pretty boring, perhaps I should have listened to it more than a couple of times.

I won't suggest it's as end-to-end solid as "...Bright Lights" but it certainly provides Interpol with enough mid- and uptempo tracks to keep a concert, and fans thereof, chugging along.

Equal to or better than "Evil" :: "Not Even Jail" | "Take You On A Cruise" | "Slow Hands"

Can be interpreted as monolithic.

Can be interpreted as monolithic.

Because it's really pretty boring. If I want "disciplined" songcraft I'll listen to Beethoven or some shit. Fuck boring NY hipster-yuppie
bullshit.

Evil is good, everything else is like the worst songs of bright lights.

maybe they were on drugs when they wrote the lyrics? nirvana had sick lyrics and they were nonsensical. but these are just lame. maybe they should get into heroin.

I wish they'd do a radiohead and get into electronic sounds.
or do a sonic youth and do something interesting with their guitars.

still stands up.

SO SHIT

Pisces you were right and then you were wrong.

definitely a classic album, just as good if not better than bright lights. so sad how they lost the plot after '05. olta and s/t have some good songs but are bogged down with mediocre trash, questionable production, and an encroaching cheesiness. they still RAWK live though. i think they'll make another record