Interpol - 'C'Mere' (Matador)
4/5
By: Kari Wynn
Snatched from the band's revered second effort, 'Antics', 'C'Mere' holds true to the gaunt guitar riffs, razor-sharp stance and darkly-darkly early-80's pop approach that made Interpol our manic depressive darlings in the first place. Misery with all the trimmings: 'C'mere' conveys all the thoughts and feelings of a bleakly bittersweet stroll through Whydoyoulovethatguyinsteadofme City: population, you. Vocalist Paul Banks, as usual, sounds like a man at the end of his tether. A man who's plummeted through at least a dozen stages of anguish and come out the other side - accepting the hopeless, detached depression of the situation, uncomfortably vulnerable, and laying it all out on the street late at night, just one last time before finally giving up.
B-sides including the remix of 'Public Pervert' (courtesy of Carlos D) sounds just inches from the background music to a moody Molly Ringwald designing a prom dress, shaking her lace fingerless glove-bedecked fist in the air, demanding to know 'WHAT ABOUT PROM!?' This could go either way depending on your mood, but generally feels ho-hum. However, 'Length of Love' as mixed by Sam Fog and Husker Du/Sugar legend Bob Mould goes down a treat and sounds like if an 80's-era New Order delved back into 'Unknown Pleasures'.
Artists in this article: Interpol
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