New Interpol: "Pioneer" and "Heinrich Maneuver"

("Pioneer," Live at Capital Music Hall, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 15, 2007)



("Heinrich Maneuver," Live at Capital Music Hall, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 15, 2007)

A reader at Stereogum found these on YouTube and tipped them off about it. These are new Interpol songs which were performed live at their show in Ontario, Canada on April 15th. The audio quality is dubious, but you can hear enough to get the gist of these two new songs sound like - basically, like their old stuff. But it's still pretty good anyway.

It seems like Interpol are going to become the fashionista Ramones, in that every album Interpol makes from now until eternity will sound exactly the same. But at the same time, the albums will be very, very good (well, until old members are replaced, that is). Still, we'll have to wait until July 5th, when Interpol drops their third record, to judge for ourselves.

(Jonathan Graef)