Interpol's Daniel Kessler

I've heard you talk about the record and say that there's some things, some new sounds you wanted to bring in, and aesthetically it's a little bit different than past Interpol albums.

Did you have a moment where you sort of, like, thought back over the catalog or listened to old recordings and consciously thought, like, "These are the things I want to bring in," or was that a conversation with Andrew, or did that sort of just evolve naturally?

I think it really evolves naturally.

I'm, I'm, uh, personally, I'm, I'm best when I don't think conceptually too much about what I want to do or- I think when we don't discuss, I mean, maybe I'm a little bit of a, you know, a s- stickler in my old ways or something.

But like, I d- you know, when we don't start talking about grandiose ideas or con- conceptual ideas rather than just do them.

I love it when we're just doing things, you know? And, and, and if it-

Yeah

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if evolution naturally takes its course, the better.

But when we, you know, when it's more of like a, a conceptual conversation, I find those are harder to lift off versus the ones that we're actually just doing it.

And I think we're, we're kinda good at just mixing it up, and we're very different people.

Um-

Yeah

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so when we are mixing together, usually the results can kinda go in different ways.

Um, for me, as far as, like even just, like the, you know, the onset of just writing, I don't know, I was pretty excited about some of the stuff that I was working on.

I, I'd written a little before previously on the piano, but it's not something I do all the time.

So the fact that there's already three songs that felt very different for us.

Um, and then there were some songs, as I was writing them, I felt like maybe the progression, I kinda pushed myself a little bit further to maybe-

Mm

... reinvent them.

Like, I felt like they were going down too much of a familiar road, so then I, I kind of reworked that and consequently came out with, like new results, whether it was, like weird sort of, um, rhythm sort of signatures or, or vibes.

Like, there's a few reinventions of the songs I can think of.

Just kind of found a different, like avenue for them, you know?

Cool.

I've heard you talk about the record and say that there's some things, some new sounds you wanted to bring in, and aesthetically it's a little bit different than past Interpol albums.

Did you have a moment where you sort of, like, thought back over the catalog or listened to old recordings and consciously thought, like, "These are the things I want to bring in," or was that a conversation with Andrew, or did that sort of just evolve naturally?

I think it really evolves naturally.

I'm, I'm, uh, personally, I'm, I'm best when I don't think conceptually too much about what I want to do or- I think when we don't discuss, I mean, maybe I'm a little bit of a, you know, a s- stickler in my old ways or something.

But like, I d- you know, when we don't start talking about grandiose ideas or con- conceptual ideas rather than just do them.

I love it when we're just doing things, you know? And, and, and if it-

Yeah

...

if evolution naturally takes its course, the better.

But when we, you know, when it's more of like a, a conceptual conversation, I find those are harder to lift off versus the ones that we're actually just doing it.

And I think we're, we're kinda good at just mixing it up, and we're very different people.

Um-

Yeah

...

so when we are mixing together, usually the results can kinda go in different ways.

Um, for me, as far as, like even just, like the, you know, the onset of just writing, I don't know, I was pretty excited about some of the stuff that I was working on.

I, I'd written a little before previously on the piano, but it's not something I do all the time.

So the fact that there's already three songs that felt very different for us.

Um, and then there were some songs, as I was writing them, I felt like maybe the progression, I kinda pushed myself a little bit further to maybe-

Mm

... reinvent them.

Like, I felt like they were going down too much of a familiar road, so then I, I kind of reworked that and consequently came out with, like new results, whether it was, like weird sort of, um, rhythm sort of signatures or, or vibes.

Like, there's a few reinventions of the songs I can think of.

Just kind of found a different, like avenue for them, you know?

Cool.