The Bright Lights are Back on

Artist: Interpol

Album: Interpol

Label: Matador Records

Release Date: September 7th, 2010

Website: http://interpolnyc.com

Stand Out Tracks: Summer Well, Success, Barricade, Memory Serves

Sometimes it can be hard to pinpoint just what it is that makes an album great. You can have a band who puts in place all the same elements they've used before and while on one album it might be a huge success, on another it might fail miserably. There's just something undefinable in the band's music that while you can't pinpoint what it is, you can feel whether it's there or not.

Interpol is just such a band. Their first two full length albums, Turn on the Bright Lights and Antics were downright amazing. There were few who could deny that they captured something special in those recordings. But then came Our Love to Admire and it just wasn't the same. A lot of people seemed to think it had to do with them signing to a major label, that the album was probably over produced or too many people were influencing the sound, but that wasn't it. They were just missing that undefinable element that made their first two albums so important. And again, you can't really say what it is but you can tell it's missing.

But whatever that is, they've found it again. With the release of Interpol the band shows that just having all the elements in place isn't enough to make a great album, there's something more. And with this album they've once again managed to recapture it. So while there are many people whose faith in Interpol may have been shaken, be rest assured that Interpol gives fans a reason to believe again.

RATING: 8/10