Imagine this:
You show a friend a picture you stumbled across that you can't stop looking at. A picture of a place that looks unlike anything you've ever seen. After a few seconds of looking at it, your friend excitedly tells you about the wondrous place, because he goes there all the time. A place with magnificent trees and wild animals who let you pet them and run around with them. Where the weather is authentic, but manipulatable. A fascinating wanderlust actualized. So naturally you let him take you. And at first glance you can see what the picture hinted at. So you go back a few times. And a few more times. Pretty soon you're going back a few times a day without really realizing how attached you have become. After a few weeks you start to look more closely at the bright leaves, build a sort of relationship with the animals, and quench your thirst with water from rivers and springs you never thought could exist. Eventually this utopia becomes the gateway to a world of paradises. Worlds different in almost every way from the others, all showing you totally new wildlife and sunsets. So you can't but leave that boring, ordinary, dull and mundane world you used to tread around in your steel-toe boots behind now, and instead take up residence in a place where the only pair of shoes you'll ever need were the ones given to you on your 0th birthday. No passport or visa necessary.
Interpol is releasing their 3rd full length album "Our Love To Admire" on the 10th of June. Their first single "The Heinrich Maneuver" has just started to weave its way through the web waves, offering up a Polaroid of the expansion project underway to the wonderland they invited me into 4 years ago. "Turn On The Bright Lights" was, and still is, the most moving album I've ever laid ears on. The follow up "Antics" provided the Sun to TOTBL's Moon, and from there my itunes was never starved again. I filled her appetite with meals and morsels from cooks with the same kind of Iron Chef talent as Interpol's. Now finally, after 3 years of waiting, the New Yorkinites have a new dish ready, and a festival of people are licking their chops.
If you're not familiar with this band, you should familiarize yourself. I'm through being a drill sergeant about it. I used to think it was my duty to get people on board these trains I've traveled on, but after bunking with the few people who actually are seeking this form of migration, and having discussions and sharing emotions with them, I'd rather keep the corridors empty sanz true travelers.
If you have a few moments, you should check out the links below. MP3's and vids. Maybe it'll wet your appetite. Paul Banks writes poetry, not lyrics, so if you enjoy interpreting words rather than being told what the meanings are, you'll have fun. Enjoy the ear full folks, it's delicious.
Songs:
The Heinrich Maneuver:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/04-the-heinrich-maneuver-mp3-kkw.html
The Specialist:
http://www.zshare.net/download/05-specialist-m4p.html
NARC:
http://www.zshare.net/download/03-narc-m4p.html
Leif Erikson:
http://www.zshare.net/download/10-leif-erikson-m4a.html
Videos:
Obstacle 1:
Evil:
Lyric Links:
http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Interpol/
