A Fine Mess (EP)

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A Fine Mess
File:Interpol - A Fine Mess.png
EP by
Interpol
ReleasedMay 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)
RecordedDecember 6, 2017 – April 18, 2018
StudioTarbox Road (Cassadaga, New York)
Genre
Length17:45
LabelMatador
Producer
Interpol chronology
Marauder
(2018) 		A Fine Mess
(2019) 		The Other Side of Make-Believe
(2022)
Singles from A Fine Mess
  1. "Fine Mess"
    Released: January 30, 2019[1]
  2. "The Weekend"
    Released: March 28, 2019[2]

A Fine Mess is the eighth extended play by American rock band Interpol. It was released on May 17, 2019, through Matador Records. It contains five songs that were recorded during the sessions for their previous studio album, Marauder (2018), but did not make its final cut. Like Marauder, A Fine Mess was produced by Dave Fridmann, while the song "Fine Mess" was co-produced by Claudius Mittendorfer and received additional production from Kaines and Tom A. D. Fuller.[3] The song "Real Life" was first performed live during their Turn On the Bright Lights XV anniversary tour in 2017.[4] "Fine Mess" and "The Weekend" were released as singles prior to the EP's release.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Paste6/10[7]
Pitchfork5.6/10[8]

A Fine Mess was met with mixed or average reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 59, based on 6 reviews.[5]

Track listing

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A Fine Mess track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Fine Mess"3:15
2."No Big Deal"3:49
3."Real Life"4:26
4."The Weekend"3:03
5."Thrones"3:12
Total length:17:45

Charts

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Chart performance for A Fine Mess
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 87
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 51
Scottish Albums (OCC)[11] 24
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 94
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13] 8
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[14]
36

References

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