r/Interpol

THEY OPENED WITH UNTITLED HELL YEAH (can you tell its my absolute fave)

I never listened to this song until yesterday, and I immediately fell in love, and wondered why I'd never heard it before. Turns out it wasn't released with OTLA, but relegated to being a B-track.

What?? Why? Why does Interpol do this so often? They did the same thing with "The Specialist" and "The Depths," which I consider to be among the very best of Turn on the Bright Lights and El Pintor, respectively.

Let me just briefly say that the voicemail completely caught me offguard, and after looking up the song and realizing it's the last message of one of Paul Banks' deceased friends makes the whole song drip with a melancholic resonance. You can feel the sorrow and regret and anger when the guitar and drums kick back into tempo after the message closes.

As much as I love "The Lighthouse," I think this one should have been the album closer.

There’s something so sweet about this song and Banks’ vocals. It’s definitely a different side of him.

Just checked setlists for a few acts that played both Fridays and they're identical or nearly so. Maybe the fellas will at least switch up a few of the songs, possibly playing Wings on Fire instead of See Out Loud.

Wishlist, because why not:

-Tidal Wave

-Any El Pintor bonus track

-Mr. Credit