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Top Amazon Review
The number of modern rock bands pillaging from the early '80s continues to increase exponentially, but Antics, the second album from New York's Interpol, confirms they're still a cut above all but The Rapture in the elegance of their steals. Building on the twin pillars of arch detachment and icy rock instrumentation laid out on 2002's Turn On The Bright Lights, this is a record that holds its moments of genuine emotional insight under tight rationing - but luckily, such stoicism only increases its long-term pay-off. The Interpol we know and love gels best for the remarkable "Take You on a Cruise", tangled affairs of the heart rendered magisterially through one of Banks' cryptic riddles: "The pretence is not what restricts me/ It's the circles inside". But while there are welcome deviations from the hymn sheet ? take "Next Exit", a graceful introduction that cruises along on the drumbeat from The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" ? it's when the edgier influences poke through the gaps that Interpol truly thrill: Daniel Kessler's intricate, Television-style guitar work, simultaneously terse and expressive on "Evil" - or Carlos Dengler's elastic, roaming bassline, as familiar in its own way as those of Joy Division's Peter Hook.
Customer Review 1
Dismal, Depressing, Boring album!. I know that a lot of people seem to have loved this album, but I merely bought it as I'd heard good things and thought I'd see what the hype was. I needn't had bothered. Poor excuse for an album. If you want something in a similar genre, get radioheads new album instead. Or i LiKE TRAiNS. Though if you're already an interpol fan, it seems that you'll like it based on other reviews!
Customer Review 2
SIMLPY GENIUS. This is one of the best albums I've heard in years and to my mind the best Interpol have made-for a previous reviewer Thom to give it 1 star is a disgrace-it is an absolute epic album that gets better & better the more you play it revealing more each time. There is not a bad track here but obvious highlights are Evil,Narc, Take You on a Cruise & the awesome Slow Hands.
Classic is an over used phrase but it is fully justified in this case
Customer Review 3
Passable pastiche (if ur > 35). Kind of interesting and possibily even fresh and dynamic if you missed the first run. Their best songs sound like the worst songs on Closer sung by Michael Stipe. I thought the Editors were an accident, but excavation whilst the topsoil is still fresh is clearly becoming a trend, which is handy because those "in the know" can continue to knock the eighties, whilst eulogising over the "new bands" that owe their every note and nuance to that same decade. Erm, something not quite adding up ...
Customer Review 4
Stunning. I heard of Interpol when the single 'Evil' was released and i couldn't wait to get this album. Since then i have purchased their debut album and have been immensley satsified by both.
This album is an absolute must for anyone who enjoys the sounds of a band making good music and also experimenting with their sound.
Here are my verdicts on the tracks:
Next Exit: This is a brilliant opening track. It starts of slowly with a guitar and synth but builds into an epic chorus which will have you tapping your feet along to.
Evil: This song is stunning and is brilliant live. With the pounding bass intro and the soaring chorus this song is the first highlight of the album.
Narc: This song sees the band slow down after Evil but they don't let the quality go. This is a brilliant song and builds into a brilliant chorus with fantastic lyrics.
Take You On A Cruise: This is an epic track and is almost the best on the album. I can't say much more to be honest. Simply stunning.
Slow Hands: Another single and it really picks up the pace for the album. The chorus and middle eight of this song deliver much joy and you will listen to it again and again.
Not Even Jail: A pulsating intro to this song soars into a fantastic verse and breathtaking chorus. For me, this is the highlight of the album and needs to be heard, for the chorus alone. Amazing!
Public Pervert: Another good filler track but it tends to drag on. A good song nonetheless!
C'Mere: Another brilliant single from the band. This is a great song and is great live.
Length Of Love: Similar structure to Slow Hands but a song that stands on it's own two feet. Needs to be heard. The lyrics are stunning.
A Time To Be So Small: A fantastic outro by Inerpol. Epic.
Overall, i love this album! It is very different (apart from Editors!) and shows a brilliant band in the prime of their careers.
Buy it now!
Customer Review 5
Yes and no. As you can all see from below there are people who like it,
or hate it.
I myself don't hate or love it.
To tell you the truth, i think Turn On The Bright Lights
is a better album. But that's just me.
Why? Because the album has a darker-feel, the songs are
really build up and epic-like.
This album (take the singles like Evil, Slowhands and C'Mere
for example) are more song-based.
Nice songs. No, Good songs!
Lenght Of Love, Public Pervert, Take You on A Cruise are
amazing tracks, mostly with amazing bass-lines.
So this album is nice. Not garbage. Not at all!
But if your more into the darker-side of music, TOTBL
is maybe a better choice. For everyone who likes
good basic rock songs, it's definitly a good album.
I would still love Interpol if they only released this one.
It's great.
