Antics

[I]ncorporating some surprisingly effective disco elements, where the totally underrated rhythm section really shines. CMJ (p.42)

4 (out of 5) - "A stunning second album Daily Express

[A]mong the free-associated lyrics about hurting hearts and, literally, ship in the night is a band that's just begun to excavate the crevices of their cold, dark souls." - Grade: B+ Entertainment Weekly (p.73)

4 (out of 5) - "The soundtrack to worlds ending and hearts breaking in widescreen. Independent On Sunday

4 (out of 5) - "Masters in the powerful art of subtlety. Kerrang

Ranked #12 in Magnet's "The 20 Best Albums Of 2004" - "ANTICS swells with broad-shouldered choruses and frontman Paul Banks' romantic verse. Magnet (p.67)

3 stars out of 5 - "ANTICS certainly packs the same wired punch as their first album... Mojo (p.116)

8 (out of 10) - "Interpol, evidently, are now capable of amything. NME

4 (out of 5) - "ridiculously good Q

Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "Interpol energize their post-punk with less-bleak lyrics and more-substantial tunes on ANTICS. Rolling Stone (p.144)

4 stars out of 5 - "ANTICS achieves a tunefulness that warms and broadens Interpol's music, and helps them establish an identity distinct from their dolorous influences. Rolling Stone (p.96)

Ranked #9 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "Banks lays the closing-time mojo on heavy....Assured... Spin (p.67)

Banks has created a romantic persona worthy of Bryan Ferry....[T]here's some air in the arrangements - the album feels confident and spacious..." - Grade: A- Spin (pp.107-8)

Unstoppable...heart stopping pop magic. Time Out

This is cut to perfection; exhilarating, morbid, romantic, cool. Uncut

Ranked #40 in Uncut's "Best New Albums of 2004" - "Thrillingly morbid and yet somehow coldly sexy. Uncut (p.76)

4 stars out of 5 - "[A]ngular and intense....This is cut to perfection: exhilarating, morbid, romantic, cool. Uncut (p.98)