A central figure of New York’s early-2000s post-punk revival, revealed by the cult album “Turn On the Bright Lights,” Interpol takes on the filmed full performance format in the KEXP radio studio in Seattle. A stark, head-on live recording, this session foregrounds the band’s unmistakable machinery: Daniel Kessler’s angular guitar, Sam Fogarino’s metronomic drumming and Paul Banks’s cold baritone. Stripped of stage spectacle, the trio delivers a dense, taut sound in which the bass lines and layered guitars sketch the melancholic, urban atmosphere that became their signature. KEXP sessions are prized for their sound quality and the closeness they afford with the musicians, and this live concert is no exception. It is a valuable document for gauging, more than twenty years after their debut, the strength of a repertoire that has become a classic of 21st-century indie rock. Essential viewing for anyone who loves post-punk and demanding live rock, captured in a clean, intimate studio setting.
Personnel & credits
- Paul Banks — chant, guitare
- Daniel Kessler — guitare
- Sam Fogarino — batterie
