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Even after repeated listens, the slow, monotonous, clone-like
songs on Antics fail to seduce, mainly because
Paul’s vocals seem even more strained and tired than
ever. Understandably, a much ballyhooed follow-up to a much-ballyhooed
debut is a daunting task for a young band, but unfortunately
it feels as if Interpol's doe eyes are timidly staring back
at the headlights of public anticipation, frozen and unable
to decide what to do or in which direction to take their
sound. Musically, they're playing the same sounds from Bright
Lights, now they're just over-saturated with boring
vocals and studio-pop engineering.
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from "Evil," the only enjoyable track, possibly
the only upside to this sad portrayal of a once promising
band would have to be the simple, often prophetic
poetics embedded within their tales of loneliness
and longing ("We marshal in the days of longing/
We tremble like aimless children/ And wait to watch
the fire"). Go online to download the verses,
save fourteen dollars and spend it on something worthwhile,
like buying me a stiff drink to make me forget these
Antics. |
Discography:
Turn
On The Bright Lights
$13.94
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