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The new Interpol album "Our Love to Admire" has been out for about two months now. For me, it's been a slow burn. The first time I listened to it I wanted to pitch it out the window in a fit of disappointment. But it's grown on me in a big way. Today I was on the BART listening to it at the loudest possible volume through my headphones. I can't get over it. Most of their songs are instant classics. Despite their bullshit foppish poseury I love this band like mad. They make me want to wear vinyl, that's how good they are. That's ridiculous! I consider them to be practically anachronistic. It's 2007, ladies! 4 years into the Iraq war and moments away from -- if you believe the papers -- total economic collapse. It just doesn't make any sense to be this cool!! They are their own parody of hip, hipster amphetamines-and-whiskey elegance. It's completely unreal and I love them for it. And that's all without the lyrics, which make no sense whatsoever, but are still really sexy. "I dream of you draped in wires and leaning on the brakes." Or "I haven't slept for two days/ I've bathed in nothing but sweat/And I've made hallways scenes for things to regret." What does it mean? I have no idea, but it's dirty.
I'm not sure, but I think their latest album is about being in a threesome, which is also gross. Didn't Perry Farrell write songs about threesomes right before he became irrelevant? You can call me a prude. I don't care.