Bright Lights is the blueprint for New York post-punk revival. These songs literally rose from the ashes, written two months after 9/11 and released the year after. Every track on the album is a classic by now. And “The New” has always been one of my favorites. There’s more musical dimension and variation in there than in a typical Interpol song. “The New” unfolds like a post-apocalyptic piece of classical music, one movement after another. But it’s still Interpol doing Interpol.

“I wish I could live free. I hope it's not beyond me. Settling down, it takes time. One day we'll live together. And life will be better.”