Review: Interpol's "Our Love to Admire"

Interpol does what they do best on their newest effort, Our Love To Admire, due to drop July 10 via Capitol records. The band's first two Matador albums sold more than 1 million copies combined. The album's first single, "The Heinrich Maneuver" is an up tempo slam for an ex-love now living on the opposite coast and hits radio on May 7.

With tracks like the tense and driving "No I in Threesome" and the unrelenting "Mammoth," both are brimming with Daniel Kessler's straight ahead, driving guitar and Carlos D's formidable bass underpinning provides the album with a verifiable sonic avalanche.

There are also some delightful new experiments on the album which begin with the sprawling and funereal, "Pioneer to the Falls" nearly six minutes long, which features Morrison-esque voicing from Banks, and wraps with another uncharacteristically ambient, "The Lighthouse." Finally, the band offers up hints of soul that seep into the "Rest My Chemistry" ("I've slept for two days / I've bathed in nothing but sweat," Banks sings) and "Pace Is the Trick."

With an adherence to a winning formula and the bravery to take creative risks, Our Love to Admire is Interpol's finest offering to date.

mp3: Interpol - "The Heinrich Maneuver"

Smashing Pumpkins, Interpol, Killers headlining Virgin concert

The Smashing Pumpkins confirm that they will be headlining the upcoming North American leg of the Virgin Music Festival along with labelmates The Killers and Interpol. The Toronto leg festival scheduled for Sept. 8-9 will feature Interpol and Icelandic superstar Bjork the first evening with the Pumpkins headlining the mainstage for the second.
The Killers will anchor the Vancouver set of the festival along with My Chemical Romance. Vancouver dates are set for early May 2007.

The newly reformed Pumpkins have finished their latest effort which is scheduled for release July 7 and will be touring in support of the album.