History Music / Interpol

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** "It's in the things that she puts in my hair, her stories are boring and stuff", from "Obstacle 1".

Each member of the band is noted for a particular trait: Banks for his nasal baritone, Kessler for his guitar flourishes and inability to remain still while playing, Dengler for his fashion choices and habit of wearing his bass guitar very low, and Fogarino for his energetic drumming style. Early on, their sound was frequently likened to Music/JoyDivision, a comparison the band is less than enthusiastic about. Nowadays they're better described as a {{goth}}ic Music/{{REM}}

* ''Turn On The Bright Lights'' (2002)

->--'''Evil'''

'''Interpol''' is an American indie rock band formed in 1997. Considered the TropeCodifier of the PostPunk revival, they came to prominence in 2002 with their debut album ''Turn on the Bright Lights,'' and have released five more albums since then, each to varying degrees of critical acclaim. The band consists of Paul Banks on vocals and guitar, Daniel Kessler on guitar and back up vocals, and Sam Fogarino on drums. Bassist Carlos Dengler left the band in 2010 to pursue personal projects, and has not yet been officially replaced. For the duration of their 2010 tour to support their fourth album (self-titled ''Interpol''), the remaining trio have been joined by [[Music/{{Slint}} Dave Pajo]] on bass and Brandon Curtis as keyboardist and back-up vocalist.

Studio albums:

In 2009 lead singer Banks released a solo album under the pseudonym Julian Plenti.

Not to be confused with InterpolSpecialAgent.

* LongTitle: "Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down" from their first album.

* BadassBaritone: Banks's deep nasally voice is a recognizable feature of their songs.

* AlbumTitleDrop - "It's up to me now, '''turn on the bright lights'''". in "NYC".

* AnimatedMusicVideo - "PDA" to an extent.
* AWildRapperAppears - The original demo of "Song Seven" features a rap verse preformed by an unknown rapper. The voice definitely does not belong to Paul Banks, and the final recording from the bonus track version of ''Antics'' removes the verse completely, so who the performer is remains a mystery as of yet.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything - "Stella Was a Diver And She Was Always Down". The song's subtle references to oral sex become much, much less subtle once Banks starts singing "Oh yeah.... so good.... right on" for a whole minute.
* EpicRocking - "Galivan", a bonus track from their self-titled effort, is their longest ever studio recording at six minutes and forty-nine seconds. Other songs that exceed six minutes include "Stella Was a Diver & She Was Always Down", "The New" and "Specialist". To a lesser extent, there's "Precipitate", "Not Even Jail", "Take You On a Cruise", "Pioneer to the Falls", "The Lighthouse" and "Lights".
* EvenTheGuysWantHim - Pretty much everything about Carlos Dengler inspires this.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong - Happens for the first time towards the end of their fourth album, with "All Of The Ways" and "The Undoing".

* FakeOutFadeOut - In the middle of "The Heinrich Maneuver".
* GratuitousSpanish - In "The Undoing". Partially justified by Banks' fluency in the language as a result of living in Spain while growing up.

* IndecipherableLyrics - So very much. This isn't helped by the complete lack of official lyrics on either the band's website or in the album sleeves.

* TheInvisibleBand - "Evil" features a creepy puppet singing in Banks' voice and the video for "The Heinrich Maneuver" features random characters acting out a scene.
* LargeHam - Vocalist Paul Banks can get pretty dramatic in his delivery and likes to combine this with a PerishingAltRockVoice.

* LoopedLyrics - "Untitled"'s lyrics consist of "Surprise, sometimes, I'll come around, when you're down" repeated several times.

* MusicVideoOvershadowing - "Evil": A song about a man tempting a woman to commit adultery with him (either that or a character study of [[OutlawCouple serial killer couple]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West Fred]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_West Rosemary West]]). The video is about a puppet who is rushed to surgery after being involved in a car accident.
* NippleAndDimed - Whether deliberate or not, women who feature in the band's videos are generally wearing something light or transparent enough for this trope to take effect. See the videos for "PDA" and "The Heinrich Maneuver" for example.
* NonAppearingTitle - It's easier to list the songs in which this isn't the case.

* TheOneThatGotAway - Both "C'mere" and "The Heinrich Maneuver" touch on this.
* TheOner - The video for "The Heinrich Maneuver" is an odd example of this.

* PerformanceVideo - "Mammoth"
* PostPunk - Their main style. TropeCodifier for the Post-Punk revival movement.
* PuttingOnTheReich - Carlos' fashion style pre-''Our Love to Admire'' is commonly referred to as "Nazi chic". Particularly evident in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FktYzdDJdqQ this video]].

* SelfBackingVocalist - Banks does this a lot on the album tracks, with the exception of a few songs on which Kessler's vocals feature.
* SelfTitledAlbum - Their fourth, and the last album to feature all four of them together.

* SingleStanzaSong - "Untitled".
* StopAndGo - "PDA", "Evil", "The Heinrich Maneuver".
* StudioChatter - ''"This one's called Stella Was a Diver & She Was Always Down."''
* TheStoic - From a review of their latest tour: ''"The NYC post-punkers are so stoic, when frontman Paul Banks clears his throat between songs, it could be considered stage banter".''
* ThreeWaySex - The song "No I in Threesome" is about a couple considering this.

* {{Mondegreen}} - The band's songs are prone to this due to Banks' singing style and the aforementioned lack of official lyrics. Particularly bad in ''Turn On The Bright Lights'', where Banks would sing a verse and his voice would simultaneously be singing something else as backup."
** [[http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/interpol.shtml Here's a list]].

'''Interpol''' is an American indie rock band formed in 1997. They came to prominence in 2002 with their debut album ''Turn on the Bright Lights,'' and have released four more albums since then, each to critical acclaim. The band consists of Paul Banks on vocals and guitar, Daniel Kessler on guitar and back up vocals, and Sam Fogarino on drums. Bassist Carlos Dengler left the band in 2010 to pursue personal projects, and has not yet been officially replaced. For the duration of their 2010 tour to support their fourth album (self-titled ''Interpol''), the remaining trio have been joined by [[Music/{{Slint}} Dave Pajo]] on bass and Brandon Curtis as keyboardist and back-up vocalist.

* MusicVideoOvershadowing - "Evil": A song about a man tempting a woman to commit adultery with him. The video is about a puppet who is rushed to surgery after being involved in a car accident.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: A frewuent theme in their songs, but especially obvious in "C'Mere".

* RockTrio: The band became this aftrr the departure of Carlos D, with them choosing not to recruit a new bassist and Banks taking over bass duties instead.

* CelebritySong: "Leif Ericson", which doesn't actually have anything to do with the Norse explorer.

* OneManSong: "Leif Ericson", overlapping with CelebritySong.

* MinimalisticCoverArt - The band are quite fond of this. [[http://images.genius.com/2ae60351e04b79a80dd27ba7bd8841bd.900x900x1.jpg Behold]], the cover of ''Antics'', which probably takes the cake.
* LargeHam - Vocalist Paul Banks can get pretty dramatic in his delivery and likes to combine this with a PerishingAltRockVoice.

* LoneRunnerLineUp: The band had a different drummer in its early years, but from 2000 to 2010 the band was Banks, Dengler, Kessler and Fogarino, making them a Type 2. Post Carlos D's departure, the band has been working as a trio for 9 years, which will soon make them eligible to become a ''different'' Type 2.

* {{Yarling}}: Banks's delivery is decidedly nasally and monotone, not helping with those Music/JoyDivision conparisons.

* OverlyLongTitle - "Stella Was a Diver & She Was Always Down".