Interpol Previews August 28 Album at Santa Barbara Bowl, Playing 20-Plus Years of Hits
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Updated · Santa Barbara Independent · Aug 18
Interpol Previews August 28 Album at Santa Barbara Bowl, Playing 20-Plus Years of Hits
1 articles · Updated · Santa Barbara Independent · Aug 18
Summary
Santa Barbara Bowl hosted Interpol on Friday as the New York band delivered a taut, dialogue-free set mixing fan favorites with songs from This Mirror Weighs a Ton, due August 28.
Paul Banks’s clear vocals and the band’s razor-sharp playing carried the show without elaborate staging, with “Wings on Fire” standing out as a more expansive preview of the new record.
Older songs including “C’mere,” “No I in Threesome,” “All the Rage Back Home” and “Rest My Chemistry” drew a strong crowd response and underscored the group’s precise, propulsive sound.
More than two decades into its career, Interpol’s set suggested a band still firmly rooted in its signature style while opening space for a looser, more playful edge.