Interpol, a generation older, returns to sleek gloom

2014/09/14 23:11:12 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

When Interpol released its first album of dark but refined rock, the iPod had just been born, Facebook didn & #039;t exist and many fans still discovered bands at small, smoky clubs. As the New Yorkers head on tour to promote their fifth album, & quot;El Pintor, & quot; guitarist Daniel Kessler believes that Interpol came of age at just the right time -- when bands could hone a sound and craft a full record, to be bought in stores instead of instantly downloaded by the single. We came as the digital age was upon us but we didn & #039;t really benefit from it in the early days at all, & quot; Kessler told AFP in the lobby of a plush hotel in Manhattan & #039;s Bowery, still a dicey neighborhood when Interpol was starting in nearby clubs. On & quot;El Pintor, & quot; Interpol sets the album & #039;s tone immediately with the aptly titled opening track, & quot;All the Rage Back Home. & quot; The song starts gently with Paul Banks & #039; melancholy voice, before a sudden thrust into slam-danceable post-punk as Sam Fogarino & #039;s drums bring the song to a furious finale.
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