There’s an upside to releasing an album as universally panned as Interpol’s self-titled and self-indulgent 2010 album — there’s presumably nowhere to go but up.

While that’s true of ‘El Pintor’ (an anagram for the band’s name that means “the painter” in Spanish), it’s exactly what the title subliminally implies: the same old Interpol, just jumbled up a little.Read More: Interpol, ‘El Pintor’ – Album Review