Interpol - LP6 "Marauder" August 24, 2018

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  1. Neonbeam

    Neonbeam All Art Was Once Contemporary

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    Oooooh, nice! Probably wouldn't do this today but I did it in 2004 when they were opening the Interpol Space in Berlin. Got both "Bright Lights" and "Antics" signed. :righton:
     
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  2. Neonbeam

    Neonbeam All Art Was Once Contemporary

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    Well, I guess not everything touches everybody. I could post a very long list of supposedly great and seminal albums that did zero for me. :yikes:
     
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  3. Spaceboy

    Spaceboy Senior Member

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    Not everyone is from New York, yet if you look on rate your music it is very highly rated and I just don't get it.
     
  4. Neonbeam

    Neonbeam All Art Was Once Contemporary

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    You don't need to be from New York to get the album?!

    I remember how "Turn On The Bright Lights" spread. Partly through hype (mainly) in the British weeklies, partly through genuine word of mouth. I remember it touched a lot of friends, acquaintances that normally weren't too interested in new music. Must be the mixture of stylish British melancholy and vintage NYC venom. It was a perfect fit for 2002 and reached people that loved music as diverse as Tindersticks, Joy Division or Television.
     
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  5. Spaceboy

    Spaceboy Senior Member

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    I just don't get it.
     
  6. TexasBuck

    TexasBuck Forum Resident

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    Still trying to get my head around this album but I am enjoying it. It's likely going to end up at or near the bottom of my Interpol catalog rankings. However, that speaks more to the quality of Interpol's albums than anything. "Marauder" will likely end up my favorite album of 2018.

    The first two songs are probably my favorites. I didn't like "The Rover" when I first heard it but it has grown on me a lot. "Flight of Fancy" and "Surveillance" are probably next on my list. Anyone else think there is a growing resemblance of Paul Banks' voice to Ozzy Osbourne's? (Just in the higher register) I started thinking that on "El Pintor" and it seems even more pronounced on "Marauder".
     
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  7. friendofafriend

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    I've played this album some more, and I do think it has some potentially promising songs. For whatever reason though, I still find it difficult to really enjoy. My first guess about why that is would be the way it sounds and was produced. The BBC video of "If You Really Love Nothing" performance certainly suggests that a different sound could really improve this album for me.

    I like to try to imagine what it could have sounded like with the same songs but Carlos D doing the bass lines and Martin Hannett producing, which would of course have been completely impossible in the second case. But I would really like to hear them embrace their potential similarities with early post-punk and intentionally go for that sound. I'd like it, but I guess a lot of people would complain that approach would be too unoriginal.
     
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  8. Neonbeam

    Neonbeam All Art Was Once Contemporary

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    Well.... people have been saying that about Interpol since 2002 so.... why not? :evil:
     
  9. twicks

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  10. friendofafriend

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    I just got the U.S. black vinyl version of Marauder, and I do think it is a little more enjoyable to listen to than the cd.

    I guess this album must still be growing on me if I was willing to invest in the LP version. I'd like to compare the sound of the cream vinyl, but don't really feel the need to buy the album a third time yet.
     
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  11. Jerry James

    Jerry James Rorum Fesident

    Save your money - the (US) cream vinyl is crap.
     
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  12. jalexander

    jalexander Forum Resident

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    Always thought I would like this band but have never had time to check them out. Picked up Marauders on vinyl at Urban Outfitters for $14CDN (about $10USD) today. 30% off sale continues through Cyber Monday.
     
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  13. JeffMo

    JeffMo Format Agnostic

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    Let us know what you think, but IMO the latest is not in the same league as their overall best album Turn On The Bright Lights.
     
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  14. punkmusick

    punkmusick Amateur drummer

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    I have the cream vinyl and it's flawless. A good record with a questionable production. You kind of need to get used to it I suppose. I put it on and it seems like my tweeters are dead, but by the third or fourth song it sounds more palatable. Than the side A ends, I get up, turn it to side B, sit down, wait for the music to begin and suddenly the same impression of dead tweeters come back.

    I can imagine someone ordering a new cartridge and this records and both arriving at the same time. He installs the cartridge, puts the record on, and wonder if his stylus was damaged during shipping or if he did something wrong while setting up or what the hell is going on.
     
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  15. Rgfinch

    Rgfinch King Rocky

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    That's exactly right - it sounds like there's something wrong with my equipment. Does anybody other than Fridmann actually think that his overload/distortion sounds good?
     
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  16. Loup

    Loup Ancient Wool Unraveller

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    New single “Fine Mess”

     
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  17. TexasBuck

    TexasBuck Forum Resident

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    I've liked the last couple Interpol albums but the production is absolutely awful. One big muddy mess. This single continues that trend.
     
  18. punkmusick

    punkmusick Amateur drummer

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    The last couple includes El Pintor. Not a clean audiophile production but I think it's great. Marauder not so much.
     
  19. TexasBuck

    TexasBuck Forum Resident

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    We can agree that Marauder is definitely the worse of the 2.
     
  20. punkmusick

    punkmusick Amateur drummer

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    No doubt about it
     
  21. I think El Pintor is the best Interpol album since their debut.

    I really like nearly everything they've ever released, but (kind of shockingly), I find El Pintor really pushes my buttons in a way that's none of the rest of them do (much as I do like them) -- except their first -- and El Pintor.
     
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  22. punkmusick

    punkmusick Amateur drummer

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    I love that record.
     
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  23. Yeah, by the 4th or 5th spin of El Pintor, I just couldn't believe how well it hung together.

    I think almost every other album they've done has been a solid B+ (except for maybe one I'd give a B or B- to) -- except Turn out and El Pintor are both solid A's
     
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  24. punkmusick

    punkmusick Amateur drummer

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    Gotta get me a vinyl version.
     
  25. TexasBuck

    TexasBuck Forum Resident

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    Agreed. El Pintor is fantastic and was a very pleasant surprise. The self titled release sounded like a band that was running out of ideas. I had half-way written them off. It seemed like the departure of Carlos D revitalized the band. Paul started playing bass and sounds like it really stoked his creative spirit.

    Marauder was a step back but I still like it, I just wish the production was better. I listen to "Antics" and think it's one of the better sounding albums I have.
     
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