| Hello, old friends: INTERPOL! |
| Written by Shahlin Graves |
| Wednesday, 30 June 2010 14:19 |
 "Deep within the inner chambers of the Three-horned Rhinoceros Beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus), a closely guarded pheromone-harvesting ritual is about to begin." ...and so the new music video from INTERPOL begins. 'Lights' is track four from Interpol's forthcoming self-titled album. The new album is due to be released in New Zealand on September 13th, and will be the last Interpol album to feature bassist Carlos Dengler who left the band sometime after the album's completion. His departure was officially announced back in May of this year. On the upcoming Interpol tours, Dave Pajo (guitarist for Slint) will play bass, and Brandon Curtis of The Secret Machines will be on keyboards and additional vocals. The tracklisting for 'Interpol' is as follows: 'Success' 'Memory Serves' 'Summer Well' 'Lights' 'Barricade' 'Always Malaise (The Man I Am)' 'Safe Without' 'Try It On' 'All Of The Ways' 'The Undoing' If the 'Light's music video confuses you something terrible, here's descriptions and an explanation from director Charlie White: "The video aims to complement the somber and meditative build of "Lights" with an equally progressive scenario: the imagined ritual of pheromone production within the body of a three-horned rhinoceros beetle. The video portrays the ballet-like ritual in which a donor, called a "Pheromone Doe" for her ability to excrete the intoxicating fluid, is led through the steps of disrobing, washing, and dressing in preparation for arousal. Once fully prepared, the doe is taken by her courtesans (members of a guild of pheromone-production workers who are addicted to the fluid and live to aid its production) to an arousal plinth where she will build her excitement until she excretes the white pheromone fluid from her eyes, mouth, and fingers. The pheromone is then collected within the chamber for future use by the beetle." "The three-horned rhinoceros beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) is one of the most dramatic as well as demonic-looking insects. The male beetle has a heavy black shelled form with a helmet-like cranium bearing three enormous horns. The beetle was the creative starting point for the video, and a complement to the dominance of black within Interpol's aesthetic language. The beetle became the muse, and from it the video's sets, wardrobe, and palette emerged. Details that specifically reference the majestic bug include the courtesan' long, black pinky fingers with their shell-like nails; the shape of the Doe's hair; and the dense use of black-on-black-on-black throughout the video." You can download a HD version of the 'Lights' music video for free HERE.  |
