I've seen a lot of people on this board post this album recently, so I decided to give it a listen. It's...fine, it's an above average rock album. Why is so highly praised though? I'll probably give it another listen with the lyrics pulled up, but I'm a little disappointed.

Same, I was expecting some dark/gothic post-punk similar to Joy Division or Siouxsie but all I got was The Strokes with more reverb.

>>127065631 (OP)
>>127065718
Agreed. Only thing interesting about it is it shows how quick the shift from 90's optimism to post-9/11 pessimism was, considering it was recorded in November 2001. Frigid Stars by Codeine does what this album set out to do but way better

>>127065631 (OP)
>Why is so highly praised though?
Have you tried listening to it's contemporaries yet?

>>127065631 (OP)
>SHE CAN'T READ
>SHE'S BLACK

>>127065746
>90's optimism
yeah, not really

>>127065631 (OP)
Editors are better

>>127065911
I've listened to stuff like the strokes, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, etc. I'd say this album is solidly near the top of the whole post-punk revival hierarchy (even though Is This It is probably better), but it's still not as great as I hoped

>>127065942
lofl. they wouldn't like that joke

>>127065631 (OP)
aaaw schweet, an Interpol thread

you had to be there

>>127067702
This can't be true, I know zoomies who love this album

obstacle 1, PDA and leif erikson are so fucking peak bros.

>>127067407
Room on fire by the strokes is far more fun and catchy than this shit

>>127068902
for me its obstacle 2

>>127065631 (OP)
Mexican classic

>>127068921
>room on fire
>not is this it

shit taste

I remember in high school the first time I listened to it I was gobsmacked over how beautiful Untitled was as an opener.
The rhythm section as a whole is inventive as hell and inspired an entire generation of millennials to take up bass and drums.
The entire album is incredibly atmospheric, dark and at times dissonant and bleak but playful in a way.
Another aspect that flies under the radar to many is the lyricism. No one really gives Paul Banks the credit he deserves for it but tracks like Stella and Leif Erikson use metaphors and storytelling in a way that paints the scenery well and adds to the overall atmosphere of the music.
Top to bottom it's fantastic there isn't a single weak track and I personally love how it flows between the heavy hitters and softer more atmospheric stuff so the sound never gets stale or too samey.
Also no one mentioning The New in here is crazy considering how influential that track has been in the following decades.

>>127069150
Thanks, great answer. I’m gonna relisten now, see if I get it.

>>127069162
It's definitely a driving record, that might help. It's been a go to for me whenever I'm driving through the city at night for years. Glad youre giving it another chance.

milleniumslop

Bought that album when it came out. I've seen interpol four times since 2011. lol

>>127065631 (OP)
OP here, after a relisten I am really enjoying this album. The second half still feels a bit less focused, but man is the run from Untitled to PDA amazing.

>>127065631 (OP)
The thing people don't like to say about this album is that it's funny. The singer guy's poetry is bold and stupid in this strangely consistent and lovable way that I don't think they ever recaptured on later albums. It's a 9/10 for me

listen again at 2am in the morning while driving through the night lights and contemplating existence. only then have you truly experience totbl

>>127065746
>90s optimism
What the fuck are you talking about

>>127065631 (OP)
I like their new album a lot. I don't see a hug dropoff in quality between this and their debut but I can't find anybody who has anything nice to say about is. Passenger and Big Shot City can't actually be bad songs.

>STELLA, I LOVE YOU. STELLA, I LOVE YOU. STELLA, I LOOOOO-OOOVE YOU.

>>127069976
Genuine question: do you commonly judge albums after 1-2 listens?

I ask because I'm 41 and grew up with albums being the main thing (radio became unlistenable somewhere around 1999). This meant that it was ingrained that I needed 4+ listens before I could start to enjoy any given album.

>>127065631 (OP)
I love the production is has an interesting kind of feel or atmosphere, very bassy and it kind of envelops you. And I love the way he sings the ridiculous lyrics with such conviction, it's funny.

>>127065631 (OP)
People here pretending to like pretentious shit for the sake of approval, nothing new.

>>127065631 (OP)
I thought NYC was good, but all of the songs were too repetitive

>>127071976
I usually do listen to an album 5-6 times before I really form my opinion. But usually, I can understand why people like an album on the first listen. TOTBL had me very lost though, I was surprised at just how acclaimed it was.

>>127074698
It can be dreary if you don’t know who or what the songs are about. Lil Yachty, Sydney Sweeney, Andrew Moten, and Clairo are some of the famous ones

>>127065631 (OP)
can we talk about the fact that these guys had some awful album covers during the height of their popularity?

Still the GOAT of post-punk.

>>127075644
El Pintor is also not a good album art piece

I remember having a lot of sex when this and Antics came with one of my girlfriends in college.

>>127075678
To the album or in spite of it?

>>127070002
This. The the lyrics are retarded in a good way. Also they perfected the sound of an Ian Curtis impersonator doing Chameleons covers. And Carlos D is fucking fire. The album is fire. So was Antics. Won't touch their other slop.

>>127074994
Listen to it a few more times and check back in dude.

>>127065631 (OP)
Wow. A random nobody on 4chan didn't think an album was amazing. The legacy for this one is tarnished forever and I know that I will never be able to hear it the same way again.

>>127074994
Respect. That's the way to do it. Another anon made a good point about context: this is a good driving/walking in the city album but maybe not as great when chilling with headphones. My favorite example of this is Lady Gaga, whose music is fun at a house party and legitimately painful when emitted from my own stereo.

>>127069063
correct. is this it is rather perfect. huge falloff after that they never recovered from. shot their load of songs.

>>127065631 (OP)
you need the 'tism
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIT897A9s44

>>127077693
I have, it’s amazing. 9/10.

HER STORIES ARE BORING AND STUFF

>>127080099
Antics from '04 was damn good too. It's all sex and obsession, dangerous murder suicide love triangle music. Interpol is for hot blooded people. (This is why the latinos like these guys so much) Antics is also hot. No weak or filler tracks.

https://youtu.be/0Gz5kaitpfo?si=VTZyqAwfjh1lA9aJ

>>127065631 (OP)
Untitled mogs

>>127065631 (OP)
zoomer moment