interpol turn on the bright lights 10th anniversary rar

The album begins the only way it truly could have - with the mournful, floating guitar notes of “Untitled.” As guitarist Daniel Kessler recalls, it was a song specifically constructed as “theme music to announce the band,” a purpose it served on both Bright Lights and almost every tour date supporting it. This was a serious work, and not in a goth sort of way (although there was elements of that), but in its sense of purpose and the idea that the weight of all your life’s decisions might be incumbent upon these songs. But you couldn’t deny the sheer gravity of this record. Detractors went to great lengths to point out the New York City foursome’s flaws - a post-punk pedigree that seemed almost too good to be true, their on-stage penchant for high society fashion, and a playing style that seemed so focused on crafting mood and atmosphere that it eschewed technique and spontaneity. When Bright Lights arrived in 2002, it was a musical statement so fully formed that you had to wonder if its stylistic impact hadn’t been engineered all along. It remains one of the few flawless albums of the post-millennium era, a work whose immediacy, enduring completeness, and the band’s inability to top it make it feel almost like a devil’s bargain - something to be relished but never surpassed. But also because a decade removed from the buzz and backlash, Turn on the Bright Lights still exudes a certain gravity, an inexorable pull that confirms the greatness so many suspected. Firstly, because my emotional compass demands it at one point, it felt as if my life depended on this record, and that is not a trivial thing. As you may have surmised, I subscribe to the former opinion. Depending on your philosophy about how art is perceived in its context, Interpol’s Turn on the Bright Lights is either a magnificently realized musical vision or lightning in a bottle, a work whose promise is tainted by the band’s slippery descent into mediocrity in the decade that followed. Rarely has time’s passage been so unkind to an artist’s reputation. Turn On The Bright Lights (10th Anniversary Edition) – Interpol – album review

Interpol turn on the bright lights 10th anniversary rar