Do I like Interpol?

Interpol: Media keep using the words 'Joy' and 'Division' to describe this band's sound, to describe the way they can make a song that was both unbelievably depressing and achingly uplifting. It's like Interpol have taken the same notes from 'An Ideal for Living' and played them in a different order. It's a cold shadow to live under. Perhaps it's not their intention, but have they missed the mark in delivering Ian Curtis angst? Is comparing them to JD even fair? As one critic said: "It's the musical equivalent of Gus van Sant's shot by shot remake of 'Psycho'."

Nevertheless viscerally powerful music both mournful and detached.