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Pioneer To The Falls 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 .
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Pioneer to the Falls
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This Thematically Vague But Distinctly Ominous And Dark Song Is Considered By Fans To Be One Of The Best Interpol Album-Opening Tracks Perhaps Only Rivaled By “Untitled” From Their Acclaimed Debut Album Turn On The Bright Lights. In Drowned In Sound’s Album Review Tom Milway Wrote “Opening In An Almost Identical Manner To Turn On The Bright Lights’ ‘Untitled’ Standout Track ‘Pioneer To The Falls’ Complete With Deft Soundscapes And Funereal Trumpet Sets The Experience Up To Be Epic.“ Pitchfork Released The First Stream Of The Song On 20 June 2007 With A Glowing Album Preview And Song Review “ T He Disc’s Moody What Else? Opener Doesn’t Rush To Make Its Point Either. Nor Does It Disappoint. A Dark Brittle Guitar Line Similar To Pre-Turn On The Bright Lights Live Rarity “Cubed” Also Known As “Mascara” Joins Sparse Piano And Melancholy Strings Before Paul Banks' Harrowed Jim Morrison-Like Voice Comes In Again Beseeching Patience“ However In Pitchfork’s Subsequent 6.0 Album Review Writer Ryan Dombal Criticized The Song “Tracks Like The Six-Minute Opener…grate Due To Overly Repetitive Song Structures That Rely Too Heavily On Choppy Breakdowns And Pointless Solos.“ Previewing The Album Billboard Also Compared It To Jim Morrison “There Are Some New Sonic Experiments The Album Begins With The Funereal Nearly Six-Minute “Pioneer To The Falls ” Featuring Jim Morrison-Esque Crooning From Banks“ MusicOMH’s 5/5 Album Review Loved The Song It Starts Spectacularly. Pioneer To The Falls Is A Magnificently Ominous Thing All Skeletal Guitar Riffs Writhing Like Landed Eels A Rhythm Section Laying Weighty Footprints Down In The Back And Banks’ Spectral Vocal Floating Wraith-Like Across The Top. As A Raspberry Blown At Those Who Speculated On The Negative Effects The Move To Major Label Backing May Have Produced It’s Loud Long And Pretty Darn-Tootin’ Decisive. It Was Never Released As One Of The Album’s Singles. It’s Believed To Refer To The Rape And Murder Of Imette St. Guillen On February 25 2006 In New York City. The Title Likely Refers To Her Walk From The Pioneer Bar To The Falls Bar.
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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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This thematically vague but distinctly ominous and dark song is considered by fans to be one of the best Interpol album-opening tracks, perhaps only rivaled by “Untitled” from their acclaimed debut album, Turn on the Bright Lights.
In Drowned in Sound’s album review, Tom Milway wrote:
“Opening in an almost identical manner to Turn On The Bright Lights’ ‘Untitled’, standout track ‘Pioneer To The Falls’, complete with deft soundscapes and funereal trumpet, sets the experience up to be epic.“
Pitchfork released the first stream of the song on 20 June 2007 with a glowing album preview and song review:
“[T]he disc’s moody (what else?) opener, doesn’t rush to make its point, either. Nor does it disappoint. A dark, brittle guitar line similar to pre-Turn on the Bright Lights live rarity “Cubed” (also known as “Mascara”) joins sparse piano and melancholy strings before Paul Banks' harrowed, Jim Morrison-like voice comes in, again beseeching patience“
However, in Pitchfork’s subsequent 6.0 album review, writer Ryan Dombal criticized the song:
“Tracks like [the] six-minute opener…grate due to overly repetitive song structures that rely too heavily on choppy breakdowns and pointless solos.“
Previewing the album, Billboard also compared it to Jim Morrison:
“There are some new sonic experiments; the album begins with the funereal, nearly six-minute “Pioneer to the Falls,” featuring Jim Morrison-esque crooning from Banks“
MusicOMH’s 5/5 album review loved the song:
It starts spectacularly. Pioneer To The Falls is a magnificently ominous thing, all skeletal guitar riffs writhing like landed eels, a rhythm section laying weighty footprints down in the back and Banks’ spectral vocal floating wraith-like across the top. As a raspberry blown at those who speculated on the negative effects the move to major label backing may have produced, it’s loud, long and pretty darn-tootin’ decisive.
It was never released as one of the album’s singles.
It’s believed to refer to the rape and murder of Imette St. Guillen on February 25, 2006 in New York City. The title likely refers to her walk from the Pioneer bar to The Falls bar. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.