Great_Albums#GreatAlbums2000s – #Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights (2002). The weight of 911 hung heavily on this New York band’s debut, making their retreat into gloomy post-punk (Bauhaus and Joy Division in particular) feel existentially profound. “NYC” has the requisite elegiac tone, but it’s the rockers like “Observation 1,” “PDA,” and “Say Hello to the Angels” where the darkness feels as impenetrable as singer Paul Banks’ cryptic lyrics.
