Having arrived with such a definitive statement, the besuited gloomsters struggled to move on to the next stage of their career — a conundrum accentuated by the departure in 2010 of bassist and founder member Carlos Dengler.

90 minutes of irresistible alt.pop.

Interpol get a hard time for sounding a lot like Interpol. The charge is that, after several engaging albums, the New Yorkers are slouching towards creative dotage, regurgitating a grab-bag of tics and tropes: clanging guitars, brooding melodies, Ian Curtis-esque singing from frontman Paul Banks.