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I like Interpol a lot. They're really
cool. They dress well, come from NYC, speak French without the slightest
accent and succeed in making the greatest songs I've heard in a long
time.
This ep, their first release on matador announces the release of
"Turn on the Bright Lights," their highly anticipated debut lp.
It features three songs : PDA, which was already on the band's two
previous eps, NYC and Specialist. PDA was #1 on my last year's top ten
songs and even though i've grown a little bored of it, it's still awesome.
This new version has stronger drumming and a thicker sound. "you're
so cute when you're frustrated, dear." NYC is about, well, New York
City (I know you've supported me for a long time/somehow i'm not
impressed) and the chorus goes like this : "New York cares."
Strongly emotional and one of the band's best songs. The following song,
Specialist is a 6 minutes and half epic song with many crescendos, the
real surprise in this ep. It is far from being filler material.
All the guys in Interpol (they're four) are talented musicians, the
drummer's impressive and the singer's voice, even though it sounds
disturbingly like Ian Curtis' succeeds in conveying all the disturbed emotions which
fill the songs' lyrics.
-Barbara H.