If there’s one thing you can rely on when it comes to alternative music podcasts is that at some point they will inevitably cover Interpol. There will be some (usually straight, white) men in a room somewhere, huddled round their microphones, discussing the clever intricacies of their music, waxing lyrical about their coolness, and producing a well rounded chat on their influential status.

We do some of that here too. Chris believes that this is not only their best work, but that it is one of the most important indie rock albums of the century. The aloofness, the distant nature of the band, their calculated, oddly catchy, interesting, dynamic music is something that he, and their legions of fans, utterly adore. It’s an argument well made about a band who were almost unquestionably one of the most interesting acts to come out of that early  ...