Up and down from the interpol camp + other cool new songs

Hello friends. When explaining Interpol's style to others, it is hard not to mention the smooth, melodic, almost robotic like bass playing of the man known as Carlos D. Throughout the three past Interpol records he has always found room to add his touch, bringing a layer to the music that makes their sound unique and unmistakable. It is with regret to announce that the latest news out of the Interpol camp says Carlos has left the band to pursue other endeavors. Carlos has brought more to the band then just bass playing, often seen as the leader of the band for his fashion-first style and many times answering interview questions as he's given the tag "frontman."

Carlos will be dearly missed; One of my favourite albums of all time is the NYC crew's first record Turn on the Bright Lights. A large factor in this is his bass lines such as this one from the track Stella was a Diver... that add the element to the music that I have previously spoken about. Hopefully they will be able to replace him with someone who can bring the same cool unique sound to their music.
On the plus side, Interpol has announced they will start releasing dates for their next tour soon to coordinate with the release of their new album. The new single, Lights, has already been released which features Carlos still on bass. I am hoping they can return to their first album form on this record as their last record Our Love to Admire was a disappointment.
Also it was guitarist/singer Paul Bank's 32nd birthday yesterday. Hopefully he gets a new cool bass player as a gift.


In other news Ratatat has a new single Party With Children, with a video that is ummmm... very unexciting to say the least, featuring a bird perched with a green screen background for 3 and a half minutes. If you watch carefully, the bird sometimes does movements that coordinates with the music composition, smart bird! Just kidding...however the track is pretty cool, and a new single means a new album will be out soon (LP4).

Dan Snaith, under the current moniker of "Caribou" released a new album entitled Swim a couple weeks ago. Apparently the name has something to do with the fact that Snaith was learning how to swim while making this album? Whatever it is, it has turned out pretty well for the man. Need a song to workout to? Listen to the track Sun and you'll be hypnotized by it's repetitiveness (one-word lyric the entire song) but it's beauty within that.

Dan Snaith, currently known as "Caribou"
 
Thanks for reading friends...more to come....