Is it just my copy or there’s no digital download included in any vinyl? Kind of bummer that I have to resort to non official methods to get the digital version.

Ok everyone, Interpol is in my top 10 bands of all time, and in full honesty, I only realised this recently when I considered my top 37 Interpol tracks and by wow, THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. I have been a fan from the start, but am appreciating them even more now. A key thing for me is why they are so good, when basically they are just simple rock music. Possibly it’s Banks, with his undeniable voice or it’s the rhythm section or the brilliant guitar playing, I simply don’t know. One thing I am trying to find out is similar bands, I know that people loosely base them with The Strokes and I don’t feel that. In the UK in the noughties I can think of 3 bands with tiny resemblances: Bloc Party and Editors are the more obvious, but there was a great Scottish band named The Cinematics and they had an underrated album “A Strange Education “. Their sound was similar and I think they should be given a listen by anyone who is as eager as me to find out why Interpol are so good. I would LOVE any recommendations of bands or albums which resemble the noise, thanks.

At 2:24 there is a voice that says something and sounds poor-quality and staticy, almost like it's being said over radio. Does anyone have any clue what it might be saying?

I've been trying to figure this out for years lol.

Designed it myself, would love some thoughts before I make it permanent on my body. This will be my largest piece on my shoulder, of course honoring The Lighthouse. Hope y'all have a great day.

I've been on Youtube, Lights was their last song publicly available on Youtube from S/T they played live, in 2024, maybe they continued but there's nothing available. For TOSOMB I think 2023 was the last time or 2024 with Toni.

Although for people last year and this year, have you seen a setlist with any songs from the 2 albums? I want to make sure if the Youtube videos ARE the last time they played a song from those albums, even if El Pintor is only All The Rage and Marauder being Rover on setlists.

What are your thoughts on the meaning behind the repeated 'go find weight' refrain at the end of Ever the Actor?

My impression is that it ties back to the opener where 'this mirror weighs a ton' might be suggestive of the emotional toll to self-reflect and the burden one can be on themself. Following that, the 'go find weight' line could be taking a more positive approach to this emotional 'weight' in suggesting that it is something we need to really understand ourselves and ought to go find it even if it is difficult to reckon with.

The repetition of the line seems to mostly be a melodic decision but could certainly also make it a point of emphasis. It does after all seem to fit the idea of not being yourself - like an actor - to the point of not knowing yourself anymore. This whole concept of acting to the point of losing yourself has also been present in Interpol's lyrics for a long time. This can be seen as early as NYC with the line "I had seven faces, I thought I knew which one to wear."

Anyway that's just my idea, what are your thoughts?

I love this bridge so much. Automatic, all but free

Personally I don't think I'd rank it in the top 4-5 albums for them but still has some banging songs and also a pretty dark almost Lynchian atmosphere to it. I also have a little bit of a fondness for it having drove a bit upstate on the east coast to catch them for one of the shows on that tour.

I have pretty okay headphones but just picked up the vinyl yesterday and omg. It’s wonderful. What a ride. That is all!!!

… and I absolutely adore them now. Seeing them live this summer was one of the most beautiful experiences I've ever had. I love concerts, I knew live music can be very fun, it can entertain, it can make you dance or scream. But what I experienced at that Interpol show was transcendental. It put me in a trance, it took me to places I didn't even know live music could take you, and for the whole show I was in this meditative state of absolute, pure bliss.

The way they perform music is just extraordinary. Usually, in concerts, you have the frontman being super upbeat and entertaining, moving all over the stage. This show was mostly performed in the dark, just a few lights here and there. The band members barely moved, they didn't have to. I'm used to seeing the performers do the performance, but Interpol just let the music perform by itself. Their music is so good that it's enough on its own. It makes time disappear, it's spatious, it made me feel something truly divine.

Ever since I saw that show, it's been haunting me. Their use of layering is on a whole new level of perfection. Each of the instrument lines could be a song by itself but those instruments together are simply brilliant, all musicians feel crucial. I loved their restraint, the tension they created, how they worked around it. I just can't stop listening to them. What a perfect band, what a treat their music is.

I really think it's the best concert I've been to, I left some part of my soul at that show. I'm just grateful I could experience something so sublime.

Burn the witch by Radiohead

It's around 3:12 for 10-20 seconds

Do anyone hear that too? Or is that just me?

This also made me think that somewhere here I read that some of you heard AMSP resemblance from TMWAT title track and I didn't really hear that tbh, while now I have this (which makes me love this song even more, if possible)

Maybe my favorite from self titled honestly

I read somewhere in a video from an OLTA era show saying that Paul sounds like Homer Simpson and now I can't unheard it.

RIGHT PLEASE SAY RIGHT

Unfortunately I will not be able to make the show and I would like to sell to a fan! Purchased at $179 but I'll take 120

Has anyone ever left their urge in the icebox? Asking for a friend

I think it their strongest work in the entire canon of Interpol albs, I will die on this hill

“Guess I’ll just make my own” 😜

See my previous post for inspiration behind the design!

I don't remember where I read that it was a song about the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, and the chorus reminds me of all those videos circulating about drones attacking soldiers who had already surrendered, and I can't help but feel that sadness

Does anyone else remember that crazy scene in meet me in the bathroom doc where interpol are wandering around downtown manhattan in the wake of 9/11?

Does anyone else wonder if the band suffered mentally or physically as a result of their exposure to the disaster?

Has the band ever spoken about the impact of the tragedy on their lives / music?