BBC Rock & Alt Review: Interpol, Turn On The Bright Lights: Review by Dan Tallis. "Surprise indeed when a band you've never heard of suddenly re-establishes your faith in the wonder of music."
Delusions of Adequacy: Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights: "Some websites are hailing this band as rock's next great thing, and while I'm not totally convinced, this is an extremely impressive debut," by Andrew Gaerig.
Drawer B: Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights: "Interpol has an extraordinarily commanding presence for a band releasing its debut album," by Eric Greenwood.
Drowned in Sound: Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights: Rated 4.5 of 5 by Andy Frankowski. "Each song is delicately stripped and rebuilt as if it was a musical puzzle which was smashed and then remade."
Dusted: Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights: "Interpol bounces from hazy gloom to uptempo desperation without so much as even batting an eye," by Michael Crumsho.
Flak Magazine: Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights: "The range of tone that the band exhibits in the early tracks begins to fall flat in the album's second half," by Clay Risen
Pitchfork Review: Interpol: Turn On the Bright Lights: Rated 9.5 out of 10 by Eric Carr, "there's no getting around that Turn On the Bright Lights is an incredibly powerful and affecting album."
PopMatters: Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights: "'Turn on the Bright Lights' is the album modern followers of post-punk have been waiting for," by Devon Powers.
Splendid Magazine: Interpol: Turn On the Bright Lights: "There's little here that suggests Interpol has a game-plan for moving beyond the scope of their influences," by George Zahora.
The Village Voice: Romeo's Tune: "I think Interpol are my new favorite New York rock underground band," by Scott Seward