Though I cannot wait to get ANY Interpol - release as soon as it is available and though I normally have the habit to totally freak out when listening to them for the first time - this one made me feel quite disappointed when i got it.
Yes - this box set is a nice collectible and looks really great - but the remixes included here are all quite boring, more like wannabe - remixes. nothing is done to the songs that would lead them to a new (or any other interesting) direction. In fact, this boredom is spread over four records, so the band might have had the hope that in the end no one would ever listen to the whole thing, so the weakness of the material could have been hidden in a way.
The better strategy would have been not to release this at all. But: This box looks sooo nice...
Yes - this box set is a nice collectible and looks really great - but the remixes included here are all quite boring, more like wannabe - remixes. nothing is done to the songs that would lead them to a new (or any other interesting) direction. In fact, this boredom is spread over four records, so the band might have had the hope that in the end no one would ever listen to the whole thing, so the weakness of the material could have been hidden in a way.
The better strategy would have been not to release this at all. But: This box looks sooo nice...