Interpol has done it again...Bigger and better! Their new album, Our Love To Admire, is this summer's masterpiece! They succeeded in doing it all: The New York quartet brought some great new stuff to the table, powerful beats, topped by some resonating lyrics, but most of all, they did it all in their style. It just works perfectly with our expectations of it (which could have just as easily ripped them apart since some of us were waiting for this record since January!).
Each song is unique and great in a different way than the previous one. "Pioneers To The Falls" is mixed like a labyrinth; you don't know where it's going to take you next but you like the variables! They take you from Fogarino's intense drum track to Paul Bank's haunting solo and back again and you're just grateful to be along for the ride. And "All Fired Up" is a direct, in-your-face kind of track that doesn't play around with you and just gives it to you straight. That's what's so great about it. They make you expect things and right when you think you know where you're going, it's leading somewhere else.
"The Lighthouse" is just the cherry on the cake. It's the most beautiful thing ever. When I went through the tracks in the beginning, I simply skipped it. The build-up isn't satisfying compared to the rest of the tracks. But when you give the whole song a chance, not only will you come to love the song because of the transition in the middle of the song, but when you go back to it, you'll actually enjoy the build-up knowing what's coming next! Not to mention the lyrics are some of the most beautiful I've heard since the Postal Service! " I raised a storm in the Nile/ What do the waves have to say now?/ I let the waves have their way now." The only change I could possibly make to this record would be the cover of the album, which doesn't really fit with all the tracks on this record.
