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Interpol are a quartet from New York perhaps best known for their color-scheme. Their first two LPs featured red/black/white artwork, and the band themselves are forever clad in a black wardrobe that borders on Hitler Youth Chic.

This visual representation suits their sound: a moody, gloomy brand of rock heavily influenced by English post-punk acts like Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, and the Cure, but still sounding distinctively like Interpol.

"I think that we have a sound," vocalist/guitarist Paul Banks told Pitchfork, in 2007. "I think that you can always hear when it's Interpol, and I think that's because of the personalities in the band