Cold and calculated, Interpol’s music also has a warm breeze of innovation that makes the NYC band one of the more interesting group of musicians currently in operation. Much has been made of the group’s similarity to outfits such as the Chameleons and Joy Division, but Interpol’s methodic meditations on misery are more than simple revamps of those post-punk icons – tracks like “PDA” have a jittery, lively emergency that could only come from the contemporary musical backdrop. Dark, anthemic, and filled with the kind of elliptical, faux-gothic lyrical padding, Interpol’s music is as familiar as it is necessary. Like classic bands from The Stone Roses, through the Pixies and back to the Velvet Underground, Interpol inspire the heart, feet and intellect in equal measure. They don’t just do something as tawdry as just “play songs”: they create a whole world. And it’s a world you’d do very well to become part of…