Interpol - The Other Side of Make-BelieveIf fate didnt quite ordain the circumstances for Interpols seventh album, it was at least fortunate that the band had happily concluded their Marauder cycle on stage in front of 30 thousand odd Peruvian fans. Rather than be sent scrambling like so many other musicians on tour or promoting new music, when lockdown clamped in March 2020, Interpol quickly got into a productive mood. Coming from a group whose early work was characterised by Polish knife

How can the music tell a story on its own

These are love incantations that would be wrong to resist

An exhilarating exercise in analog violence

the microtonal brass and woodwinds of Hilary Jeffrey and Sam Dunscombe and the infinite intimacy of Icelandic singer-songwriter JFDR

“and we all became very close…driving the country roads and swimming in the Atlantic Ocean and lakes of Clare

The result is a hybrid music

and Jeff Parker from Tortoise along with Rob Mazurek (Chicago Underground

Wilson and Tanner’s collective storytelling is saturated in detail

-- this time the vocals are more melodic and the music itself is more song-oriented

just a stone‰۪s throw from Richmond and Eel Pie Island where the Stones started out as a young blues band playing pubs and clubs

the logistical challenges of creating their second album in the midst of a pandemic

50 years ago in 1972 Dandelion Records released the Tractor “Tractor” LP