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Interpol (Album) by Interpol

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Interpol Is A Post-Punk Band Based In New York City United States That Took An Important Part In The Post-Punk Revival Of The 2000s. The Band Consists Of Paul Banks Vocals And Guitar Sam Fogarino Drums And Daniel Kessler Guitar And Backing Vocals . The Band's Sound Is Generally A Mix Of Staccato Bass And Rhythmic Harmonized Guitar With A Snare Heavy Mix Drawing Comparisons To Post-Punk Bands Such As Joy Division And The Chameleons. The Band Formed In 1997 When Daniel Kessler Met Drummer Greg Drudy Previously A Member Of Post-Hardcore/screamo Band Joshua Fit For Battle And Hot Cross On The New York University Campus. Kessler Later Added Carlos D. On The Bass After Meeting Him In A History Class. The Line-Up Was Complete After Kessler Ran Into Paul Banks A Friend Whom He Had Met In Paris. In 2000 Sam Fogarino Whom The Band Knew Through His Job At A Local Record Store Replaced Drudy. Carlos Dengler Who Was Responsible For Bass And Keyboards Left The Band In 2010 And Hasn't Been Replaced But Announced Various Names To Help Them Perform Live. The Band Released Direction On The Soundtrack Of The Television Program 'Six Feet Under' On June 28 2005. Shortly Thereafter They Left Matador For A Major Label. Our Love To Admire Was Released On July 10 2007 In The USA July 9 In The UK To Generally Favorable Reviews. The Heinrich Maneuver Was Its First Single. Their Self-Titled LP Was Released On September 7th 2010 And The Tracks Barricade Summer Well Lights And Try It On Have Been Issued As Singles. After This Album The Bassist Carlos Dengler Has Lefted The Band. El Pintor Is The Fifth Interpol's Album And Was Released In September 8th 2014 With 5 Singles All The Rage Back Home Ancient Ways. My Desire Anywhere And Everything Is Wrong. The Album's Name Is An Anagram For Interpol. The Last 2 Interpol's Albums Are Marauder 2018 And The Other Side Of Make-Believe 2022 .

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Interpol Is The Fourth Studio Album By The American Rock Band Interpol Released On September 7 2010 Through Matador Records. The Self-Produced Album Was Recorded At Electric Lady Studios In Greenwich Village. Bassist Carlos Dengler Left Shortly After The Album's Completion. Interpol Was Released To Lukewarm Critical Reception With Some Critics Negatively Comparing It To Their Prior Albums. In A 2018 Interview With Vice Lead Singer Paul Banks Claimed That Tensions Within The Band Particularly Regarding Dengler's Departure Made The Album "hard And Unpleasant To Make" And That "we Suffered For This Record A Lot". However Despite Its Rocky Production The Group Was Ultimately Happy With The Album. Banks Claimed That "what Ultimately Wound Up On That Record Is Some Of Our Best Stuff" Specifically Citing "Lights" And "The Undoing" As Two Of The Band's Best Songs Yet. The Lead Single "Barricade" Was Released On August 3 2010 Followed By "Summer Well" On December 6 "Lights" On February 8 2011 And "Try It On" On April 16 2011. After Interpol's Contract With Matador Expired In 2006 The Band Signed On With Capitol Records. According To Drummer Sam Fogarino The Group Chose To Go With A Major Label Because They Liked The Staff At Capitol And Hoped To Get More Exposure. The Band Was Initially Happy With The Decision But The Label Was Sold Shortly After They Began Recording Their New Album And The Staff They Were Working With Was Fired. This Coupled With The Confusion Of Ever-Changing Staff And The Exhaustive Months That Were Spent Meticulously Recording The Album The Group Decided To Amicably Terminate Their Two-Album Deal And Return To Matador After One Record. Recording On Interpol Started At Electric Lady Studios In The Early Spring Of 2009. The Band Announced They Were Writing New Songs In March Of That Year. Interpol Was Produced By The Band Engineered By Greg Calbi And Claudius Mittendorfer And Mixed By Alan Moulder. Rapper Azealia Banks Guested On Backing Vocals On "Memory Serves". Paul Banks Told Vice That They Chose To Self-Title The Album Because "there’s Something Laid Bare About It Like 'This Is Us And This Is Who We Are.' I Was Never Aware That There Was A Precedent That Debut Records Were Supposed To Be Self-Titled. I Was Just Like 'It Feels Good To Make This One Self-Titled.'” "Lights" Was Released As A Free Download Through The Band's Website Originally In May 2010. The Music Video For "Lights" Was Directed By Charlie White Who Had Previously Collaborated With The Band By Directing The Music Video For Their 2004 Single "Evil" Off Of Antics. White's Video For "Evil" Was A Hit Lauded By Fans For Its Bizarre Imagery Of A Puppet Dealing With A Car Accident. White Contacted The Band Claiming That He Wanted To Do A More Abstract Take For The Video For "Lights" To Mimic The Band's Signature Surreal And Vague Lyrics. White's Video For "Lights" Depicted A Sexualized And Morbid Interpretation Of A Pheromone Harvesting Ritual Inside Of A Three-Horned Rhinoceros Beetle. In The Video Two Women In Latex Costumes Use Needles And A Large Black Monolith Which Presumably Represents An Enzyme To Extract White Pheromones From A Third Woman Who Presumably Represents A Substrate. Banks Claimed That The Group Was Very Happy With The Video Saying That They "wanted A Striking Film Clip Above All Else For 'Lights' - And That It Be Strange." The Band Formally Released The Music Video In June 2010 On Their Website And Mailing List Writing "We'd Like To Share With You Our Clip For 'Lights' Directed By Mr. Charlie White. Before This Clip Is Available Anywhere Else We're Posting It Here As An HD Download Free For You. We're Amazed By It And Think You'll Enjoy Seeing It As The Director Intended It To Be Seen - In High Quality. It Takes A Couple Minutes To Download But Trust Us It Is Worth It." In 2019 Fogarino Recalled That Returning To Matador Was Difficult At First. He Said "They Were Hurt. They Said Straight Up 'Aside From Business It Hurt Our Feelings That You Left Us… For Capitol?' And They Used To Have A Relationship With Them Years Ago. So It Took A Minute To Get Everything Back In Line But After That… There Was Never A Need To Leave This Label Again." Fogarino Went On To Say "It’s Where We Come From. It’s A Great Label And A Great Place To Be. To Compare The Two Operations Matador’s Office Is Open. I Can Walk In Anytime And Talk To Anybody About Anything. I Only Went To Capitol Twice And Had To Make An Appointment Wait In A Waiting Room And Be Called Upon With A Limited Amount Of Time." Fogarino Further Said "I Can Simply Just Walk Into The Office And Take A Break From Life And Go Hang Out In The Conference Room And Have A Cup Of Coffee Or A Beer And Hang Out With The People There Because They're Music Fans."

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