Interpol - Antics (LP)

Handling Time Note:** Please allow an additional 72 business hours for this item's shipment. ** U.S. 120gm vinyl LP pressing. 2004 sophomore album from the Al-Rockers. A more optimistic take on the dark musical landscapes they've explored in the past - no less brooding and intense, but charged with flashes of color and romance. The title of Interpol's second album, ANTICS, may conjure up images of carefree adventure, but anyone familiar with the New York City band's brooding post-punk sound knows that there's nothing lighthearted about their music. Although it's not a radical departure, ANTICS does reveal a broadening of the group's sonic palette. The opening track, "Next Exit," is a slowly building, piano-laden anthem, marked by singer Paul Banks's remarkably widened vocal range and strangely hopeful lyrics. Clearly the group is eager to move beyond the endless Joy Division comparisons they previously garnered, and this bid works to wonderful effect. Of course, many of the elements