YMMV / Interpol

• Awesome Music: "Evil", "C'Mere", and "Slow Hands" from Antics are frequently regarded as this.
  • So is "PDA" off of Turn on The Bright Lights, often regarded as their Signature Song.
    • It's safe to say the entire album of Turn on the Bright Lights is considered a huge crowning music of awesome.
  • "Mammoth" and "Pioneer to the Falls" from Our Love to Admire.
  • "Barricade" and "Success" from their Self-Titled Album.
  • "Everything is Wrong," "Breaker 1," and "My Desire" from El Pintor.
• Epic Riff: This trope is Daniel Kessler's specialty. It's hard to name one Interpol song which doesn't have one. Carlos Dengler is a dab hand at them on bass, too.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: The puppet from the music video for “Evil” (nicknamed Norman by fans) has a strong following. It’s to the point where when he was found in a severely neglected state, many of his fans donated to a kickstarter campaign to restore him, which ended up meeting it’s goal and Norman was fully repaired.
• Fan Nickname: The infamous puppet from the "Evil" music video is referred to as Norman by fans, but actually doesn't have an official name.
• Fridge Horror: Some have pointed out in recent years that Norman the puppet from "Evil" looks eerily similar to Ian Curtis, which adds more creeper fuel considering what happened to Ian.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Very popular in Mexico.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Some of the lyrics from "Obstacle 1", such as "you go stabbing yourself in the neck", become this if one believes the theory of the song being based on a certain real-life incident.
• Nightmare Fuel:
  • Some of their lyrics are quite, quite dark. Take "PDA" for example: "You are a past dinner, the last winner, I'm raking all around me.... you're so cute when you're sedated, dear. Oh yes dear, sleep tight, grim rite..." All sung in Banks' trademark monotone. The video makes it even creepier by featuring Banks' partially obscured face◊ looking straight on at the camera through big sunglasses, completely still except for his lips as he sings it.
  • Norman the puppet from the "Evil" video. Then again, the "Evil" video in general. Particularly the end. Hell, the song itself counts if you subscribe to the interpretation of it being about serial killers Fred & Rosemary West.
  • From "A Time To Be So Small": "When the cadaverous mobs save their doors for the dead men, you will not leave."
  • "Wrecking Ball" from Our Love To Admire. "I'm inside, like the wrecking ball through your eyes, and I changed it all from inside."
  • "Pioneer to the Falls," which is about the real-life rape and murder of Imette St. Guillen in New York.
• Signature Song: "PDA", "Slow Hands", "Obstacle 1", "All the Rage Back Home", and "Evil" are best known to casual listeners.
• Tough Act to Follow: Turn on the Bright Lights was considered by many critics to be not just one of the best albums of 2002 but of the decade. None of their follow-ups has achieved the same level of acclaim, though Antics, El Pintor, and Marauder have come close.

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