Music Review : El Pintor - Interpol

Album:El Pintor - Interpol
Music: Matador/Soft Limit
Post Punk: Back after a four-year break in between albums – a time during which their bassist reportedly quit the group – the New York rockers are back with an album that attempts a move that’s so much a part of any group’s lifespan, a return-to-roots sound. The Beatles most famously did it with their last album Let It Be which, although more reflective of their rawer sound, was also ironically their last.Although a far cry from that legendary group, the music here is still pretty raucous and joyous and if you link the genre, you will find this good to get the adrenaline going. All The Rage Back Home opens the album and is quote a rush to hear. The guitar isn’t played with a heavy hand, which is a good thing or else it’d drown out the vocals in sound. Same Town, New Story is somewhat reminiscent in concept of David Bowie’s A New Career In A New Town and Always Crashing In The Same Car. Here though, the direction is more rock. Anywhere and Ancient Ways are again amped-up rockers in the vein of the opening song. And for the obligatory stadium rocker checkbox, Twice As Hard draws the curtain on the album and is a fitting coda to give fans of (hopefully) even better things to come.