Interpol — A Fine Mess EP (17 May, 2019) 
Formed: 1998 in New York, NY
Location: New York, NY
Album release: 17 May, 2019
Recorded: Tarbox Road Studios (Cassadaga, NY)
Record Label: Matador Records
Duration: 17:50
Tracks:
1. Fine Mess 3:16
2. No Big Deal 3:50
3. Real Life 4:27
4. The Weekend 3:04
5. Thrones 3:13
Personnel:
Interpol:
✹ Paul Banks — vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
✹ Daniel Kessler — lead guitar
✹ Sam Fogarino — drums, percussion
Review by Adam Turner~Heffer | 14 May 2019
⊂★⊃ Interpol, the band who once, briefly, shone brightest during the New York post~punk revival of the early 2000s, are on something of a redemptive arc. After a real creative slump at the turn of the decade, the sad result of a drawn~out decline, the band went on hiatus after losing bass powerhouse Carlos Dengler and a desire to reassess what the band Interpol meant going forward.
⊂★⊃ They emerged out the other side as a trio with a renewed vigour for their craft; sure, nothing quite hit the heights of their first two~and~a~half records, but they were back to making stronger sounding material with 2014’s El Pintor. Last year’s Marauder continued the band’s winning streak, solidifying their definitive sound. New EP A Fine Mess is the off~cuts from last year’s full~length and — perhaps because of its short nature at just five tracks — possibly their best post~hiatus release yet.
⊂★⊃ Opener Fine Mess is the kind of simple motif the band have been missing for a while now, and Real Life is one of the band’s catchiest efforts in some time. There is forever a nagging feeling with Interpol, however, that they have settled into their sound. While it’s an improvement from their lowest ebbs, it will equally never match their highest peaks.
Listen to: Fine Mess, Real Life, The Weekend
✹ https://www.theskinny.co.uk/
Website: http://interpolnyc.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Interpol
FB: https://www.facebook.com/interpol
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Location: New York, NY
Album release: 17 May, 2019
Recorded: Tarbox Road Studios (Cassadaga, NY)
Record Label: Matador Records
Duration: 17:50
Tracks:
1. Fine Mess 3:16
2. No Big Deal 3:50
3. Real Life 4:27
4. The Weekend 3:04
5. Thrones 3:13
Personnel:
Interpol:
✹ Paul Banks — vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
✹ Daniel Kessler — lead guitar
✹ Sam Fogarino — drums, percussion
Review by Adam Turner~Heffer | 14 May 2019
⊂★⊃ Interpol, the band who once, briefly, shone brightest during the New York post~punk revival of the early 2000s, are on something of a redemptive arc. After a real creative slump at the turn of the decade, the sad result of a drawn~out decline, the band went on hiatus after losing bass powerhouse Carlos Dengler and a desire to reassess what the band Interpol meant going forward.
⊂★⊃ They emerged out the other side as a trio with a renewed vigour for their craft; sure, nothing quite hit the heights of their first two~and~a~half records, but they were back to making stronger sounding material with 2014’s El Pintor. Last year’s Marauder continued the band’s winning streak, solidifying their definitive sound. New EP A Fine Mess is the off~cuts from last year’s full~length and — perhaps because of its short nature at just five tracks — possibly their best post~hiatus release yet.
⊂★⊃ Opener Fine Mess is the kind of simple motif the band have been missing for a while now, and Real Life is one of the band’s catchiest efforts in some time. There is forever a nagging feeling with Interpol, however, that they have settled into their sound. While it’s an improvement from their lowest ebbs, it will equally never match their highest peaks.
Listen to: Fine Mess, Real Life, The Weekend
✹ https://www.theskinny.co.uk/
Website: http://interpolnyc.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Interpol
FB: https://www.facebook.com/interpol
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