How does it compare to the artist's other releases
Good
Value for Money
Excellent
Advantages:
The powerful, heartfelt sounds of 'Rest My Chemistry' and 'Mammouth'
Disadvantages:
'Heinrich Maneuver' fails to successfully represent the masterpiece that is 'Our Love To Admire'
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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'Our Love To Admire', Interpol's highly awaited third album progresses from the subdued, melancholic tones of 'Turn on the Bright Lights' to a noticeably mainstream-pleasing array of catchy anthems and alluring melodies. This is a band who have matured and developed their sound over the years unlike so many who have regurgitated the same monotonous material over time and time again.
Tracks such as 'The Heinrich Maneuver' and 'All Fired Up' clearly reveal that the band want to attract a new audience with the fast pace and pounding guitars whilst the atmospheric 'Pioneer to the Falls' reassures hardcore fans that the ghostly harmonies and evocative tensions are still present.
The stand out track on the album has to be the magnificent 'Rest My Chemistry' which begins with an eerie synth intro and quickly explodes into slow, melodic harmony accompanied by Bank's seductive vocals about his alleged cocaine abuse. Fans will be relieved to know that the quirky lyrical innovations are still present with lines such as "feathers bend like trees" and "you look like a daisy in my lazy eye", which never fail to bring a smile.
Like with all of Interpol's records, they need to be listened to more than once or twice to gain a full appreciation of the music, the songs develop and evolve over each play to form a album with such intensity and passion which is so sparse in modern music. Cynical comparisons between Joy Division have long been lost as the band have formed their own style and continue to surprise listeners with their originality.
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Outstanding
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Outstanding
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characterised by descending guitar lines, mournful melodica, and a frontman that sounds not so much suicidal as already decaying. Interpol, however, have never been shy of b...
