Interpol, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
When: Thu., Nov. 21, 7 p.m. 2024
The turn-of-the-century post-punk revival comes screaming into the Moody Amphitheater. Brooding New Yorkers Interpol basically invented it, alongside Williamsburg neighbors Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Paul Banks’ downcast tenor and the band’s muscular musicianship on debut album Turn on the Bright Lights ably channeled late-Seventies gray-raincoat-and-digital-delay-owning English bands like Joy Division and the Chameleons. …Trail of Dead were their local cousins, chopping up Sonic Youth’s alternate-tuned No Wave pop with Pink Floyd spaciness and the Who’s explosiveness. Heady LPs such as Source Tags & Codes told the tale, with dignity and sonic violence. – Tim Stegall