Interpol
release date: Sep. 7, 2010
format: digital
[album rate: 3 / 5]
[3,24]
producer: Interpol
label: Matador - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1.
"Success" - 4.
"Lights" -
5. "Barricade" (
live session) - 6.
"Always Malaise (The Man I Am)" - 7.
"Safe Without" - 8.
"Try It On" - 10.
"The Undoing"
4th studio album by Interpol after a 3-year hiatus following
Our Love to Admire and this time produced only by the band. This is not so much post-punk revival as it's alt. rock and indie. The mood is still dark and melancholic but the balance has changed to reflect a more modern sound instead of relying on a sound built on what was characteristic in the 1980s.
Unfortunately, they don't do much for me again, although, I think, it's a small improvement from
Our Love to Admire with a generally more interesting release, but it's not anything near their first two albums. What makes it slightly better, is that you hear a progression in their sound, a will to explore new territory with more original songs.
After the recordings of the album, bassist Carlos Dengler left the band, which left Interpol reduced to a trio.
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allmusic.com,
Rolling Stone 3,5 / 5 stars ]
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"Barricade"
"I did not take to analysis
So I had to make up my mind and hold it for a while
I would not just leave you without a kiss
But I guess there must come a time, when there's no more tears to cry
Thieves and snakes need homes, need homes
Barricade
It starts to feel like a barricade
To keep us away, to keep us away
It kind of does
It starts to feel like a barricade
To keep us away, keep us away
I could not lean on the politics
'Cause I didn't want to train my eye to hold so short a time
Oh so high, just don't know where the blind could lead the sightless
But I still like to witness
Thieves and snakes need homes, need homes
Barricade
It starts to feel like a barricade
To keep us away, to keep us away
It kind of does
It starts to feel like a barricade
To keep us away, keep us away
Full speed, half blind
Full tilt, decline
We turn to past times
Full speed, half blind
You know us
You know us
And we said....
I'm sorry
Say I'm sorry
Sometimes it feels like a barricade
To keep us away, keep us away
It kind of does
How much fear can you fabricate
To keep us away, keep us away
You know us
Full speed, half blind
Full tilt, decline
We turn to past times
Full speed, half blind
Full speed, half blind
Full tilt, decline
On to old times
Full speed, half blind"
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