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Interpol: Slow Hands (Armani Commercial)

12:03 p.m. · September 26, 2008 · by Andrew Winistorfer

Interpol’s “Slow Hands” (from their great sophomore album Antics) is the perfect song for a cologne commercial: its braying vocals, pulling rhythm, and jagged guitars play like the soundtrack for a night doing lines of a urinal in a dark night club (which, as you know, is how you sell cologne—appealing to everyone’s inner coke fiend).

“Slow Hands” appears in the new ad for Armani Diamonds that stars Josh Hartnett (you know him—the guy that acts with his eyes like a 21st century Michael Keaton) driving to an event where he is swarmed by fans. I guess “Slow Hands” was used because people touch Hartnett all over, and because the song has “hands” in the chorus, the musical director of the commercial figured it fit perfectly. [via Stereogum]