Then, 90 minutes later, for Interpol the smash and clang of Daniel Kessler’s guitar in C’mere immediately reset the sharper, chillier tone, met by the martial stomp of drummer Sam Fogarino, bass player Brad Truax and keyboardist Brandon Curtis.įrom here on the Americans made slight variations to tempo and marginal changes in mood, our movement chased by shadows in Into the Night and X-rayed in the negative dance of The Rover, swamped by cascading torrents in All the Rage Back Home, and bent with waves of dark matter in Roland. Bloc Party extended that feeling with an almost elegant mid-tempo take on Sex Magik before Russell Lissack’s guitar began spinning vivid sparks off Hunting for Witches, drummer Louise Bartle, the star of the night, and bass player Harry Deacon practically charging towards us.
