Claude says:Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler, and Carlos Dengler came out of Manhattan's early-2000s post-punk revival with staccato bass, rhythmic guitars, and a snare-heavy mix that nodded to Joy Division and Television — their debut earned Pitchfork's album of the year in 2002. You grabbed this tenth-anniversary reissue in January 2014 and burned through "Hands Away," "NYC," and both "Obstacle" tracks in a quick, concentrated run. It was a brief, intense revisit that month, then you moved on.