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Sure there were hiccups along the way. Neither of the roads taken to an ECAC title was smooth despite the lofty expectations heaped upon the Crimson’s shoulders. And each of Harvard’s three NCAA tournament appearances thus far have ended in heartbreak...
...their debut album, Turn On The Bright Lights, was a almost undisputed classic, channeling the gloomy 80s through a cultivated veneer of sneering guitar and downcast vocals, and oh that sound! On both albums, Interpol draws strength from this signature sound of repetitively churning guitar lines evoke smoky roads, heartbreak, and an overwhelming cool above it all. Recent setlists point to a slight preference for the newer album, which continued in the patterns mapped out by the first, and launched Interpol’s biggest radio single, “Slow Hands.” While the Orpheum might...
...soaring melodies and charming boy/girl harmonies weaving in and out of every song. “We will always be in love,” guitarist Amy Milan croons on “Ageless Beauty,” a gorgeous, dreamy number that paints a bittersweet contrast to the heartbreak that wells behind the opener. “You look so good in the shoes of the outcast / I kiss your throat every time we say it won’t last / But then I need you, I need you, I need you / I really need...
...albums are really nothing more than lowest-common-denominator pop music. Oberst’s invocation of the American singer-songwriter tradition is particularly frustrating, as he exploits all of its rhetoric without achieving any of its art. His Nebraska never stank of cowdung, and his scrawny middle-class heartbreak is as trite as it is insincere. Fans of Bright Eyes should stop settling for less, ditch the poseur, and celebrate the genuinely talented songwriters this country has been producing for decades, from Woody Guthrie to Lou Barlow...
...abundance of such familiarity with heartbreak something you wish for? Of course not. But by all accounts, that experience has already placed the Crimson back on the right foot...