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Interpol
Our Love to Admire
Capitol
Interpol has always been one of those bands that are perfect to listen to when you're feeling moody and depressed. Their dark instrumentation combined with Paul Bank's abstract lyrics brilliantly articulates your feelings when you're having the worst day imaginable. And their third release, Our Love to Admire, is no exception. It's filled with the anticipated moments of gloom and destruction, but unfortunately falters by lacking those unbelievably catchy hooks found on their previous releases. Successes include songs such as the upbeat single "The Heinrich Maneuver," which repeats the line: "How are things on the west coast?" over a driving beat and the excellent title track "Pioneer to the Falls" which starts off with a slow and soft piano intro that delicately keeps adding layers until you get to Bank's opaque lines: "Show me the dirt pile/ And I will pray that the soul can take/ Three stowaways." Elsewhere, the almost romantic "Rest My Chemistry" is an ode to someone who is "So young. So sweet. So surprised." The superbly titled "No I In Threesome" pounds along as Bank sings about wanting to "give something new a try." On the other end, there is the bland "Mammoth" and the dreary "The Scale," which drag along without any distinguishing characteristics. Likewise in "All Fired Up," Bank sings "I'll take you on" over and over again without any intensity or spirit. What are missing from these songs are the memorable moments and lyrical intricacies that make Interpol more than just dark miserabilists. It's worth a listen, but for Interpol at their finest, download a copy of Antics.
—Jessica Simons
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