In late July Interpol and Cosmicide came together for a sold out performance at the Prospect Park Bandshell for Celebrate Brooklyn. The evening was their final New York City performance of the victory lap portion of their tour for last year’s El Pintor.
Opening the show was Cosmicide, the band of Brandon Curtis, formerly of the group Secret Machines, as well as a live member of Interpol. This was their first live performance, although you wouldn’t have known it based on how tight sounded diving into their hypnotic brand of synth-rock. Their set easily kept the attention of the capacity crowd at hand.
At the moment, Cosmicide only have a few songs available to stream on their soundcloud, but the promise is there. Here’s to hoping that we get an albums worth of material sometime next year.
Getting to see Interpol perform live is always a good time, but it becomes that much more of a treat being a hometown show in New York. The band always bring it live, but they bring it just that much more for the hometown crowd. They will always give New York a memorable set, usually with an expected, but still appreciated, double encore.
The thing about Interpol is that they know where their bread and butter is. Sure they pay the necessary amount of tributes to El Pintor with a few songs from it such as “All the Rage Back Home” and “My Blue Supreme.” But for the most part they give the fans what they want, with a set filled with cuts from their first two albums, both Turn on the Bright Lights and Antics. Opening with “Say Hell To The Angels,” the front end of their set delighted with familiar favorites such as “Evil,” and “Leif Erikson.” There was even plenty of surprise inclusions such as “Pioneer To The Falls,” and the always classic “The New,” one of Interpol’s career best. The double encore consisted of a triumphant performance on “Untitled,” a perfect conclusion to the evening.
The trio of Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler and Sam Fogarino are still as tight as ever, with live members Brandon Curtis and Brad Truax rounding things off nice, completely filling in the now forgotten void left by once beloved bassist Carlos D.
Interpol have nothing left to prove at this point of their career, well aware of who they are, and using that to their advantage. It will be a while until the next time they return live, but I know that a solid performance and set will await.
Find photos of both Cosmicide and Interpol posted below.
Interpol Setlist:
1. Say Hello To The Angels
2. Anywhere
3. Narc
4. My Blue Supreme
5. Evil
6. Leif Erikson
7. Rest My Chemistry
8. Everything Is Wrong
9. The New
10. Take You on a Cruise
11. Not Even Jail
12. Pioneer to the Falls
13. Slow Hands
14. PDA
Encore:
15. All the Rage Back Home
16. Lights
17. Obstacle 1
Encore 2:
18. Untitled
Cosmicide:
Interpol:
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