Interpol took the Primavera Sound stage in Barcelona in 2022 with the full weight of ‘Turn on the Bright Lights” 20th anniversary behind them, delivering a set built around the minimalist guitar arrangements, pulsating rhythm section, and Paul Banks’ signature melancholic vocals that defined post-punk for a generation, moving through essential cuts like “Obstacle 1” and “PDA” alongside newer material from ‘The Other Side of Make-Believe’ with the kind of restrained, atmospheric intensity that has always been their sharpest weapon.


