This outtake track off of 2002's Turn On the Bright Lights is for lack of a better term, an underrated gem among many who often overlook Interpol's deeper cuts and head straight for the singles. (looking at you "No I In Threesome") Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, by far Interpol has some fine singles, but the overlooked tracks often show a side of the band that isn't discovered much too often.
"Specialist", clocking in at 6:40 is a showcase of some of the band's finest attributes, the bass growls lowly in a catchy and cool tone, while Paul Banks lowly sings "You make me lose my buttons, oh yeah you make me spit/I don't like my clothes anymore" as if just disgusted with a constricting lover, and then the sparse guitar kicks in. Now you are hooked. The song builds up as the drums kick in a tight groove that merit one of the band's finest rhythm sections, slowly and surely the song starts to lift off as Banks howls "well I am speckled like a leopard/just like a leopard/trust will get you down/I love the way/you put me in the big house."
Throughout, the song drifts in and out of slowly speeding up and quickly slowing down as if the controlled paranoia would burst. Thankfully, Interpol knows its dramatic dynamics well enough to control and maintain a listener's interest through the whole song. If a song ever needed a modern take on unstable lovers and uneasy decisions, Interpol knew how to do it.
Interpol - Specialist (Live at Koln)
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