Interpol – Antics (CD)

New York's Interpol arrived at *Antics* having already convinced a generation of post-punk revivalists that atmosphere and precision could coexist, and their 2004 sophomore effort found the band tightening the coil rather than loosening it. Songs like "Slow Hands" and "Evil" became fixtures of the era's alternative radio landscape while still carrying the dense, architectural weight that set Interpol apart from their Lower East Side contemporaries.