“Manchester loves Interpol”, goes the cry from one of the adoring fans packed into the beautiful Albert Hall, and the New York five-piece certainly reciprocate that love for Manchester.

The sell-out crowd at the newly renovated Grade II chapel is the perfect setting for the band, whose own history is steeped in the lineage of Manchester groups.

Initially emerging from New York City in the early 2000s alongside The Strokes and The National, the band’s reverb soaked indie rock is heavily influenced by the likes of Joy Division, as well as the criminally underrated Middleton band The Chameleons.

So, on returning for the first of two encores the crowd was treated to, it is no surprise when the band teases us with the opening lines to ‘I Wanna Be Adored’.

Starting off the band’s fast paced 90 minute set is Say Hello to the Angels, taken from its debut album.

The set takes the crowd on a tour of the band’s five albums, including favourites such as Evil, recent single Anywhere, and Slow Hands, which closes the main set.

Usually fairly static and quiet during live shows, the raucous Sunday night crowd help to propel the band, with the energy being harnessed and reverberated around the intricate, delightful setting of the chapel.

Until 2011, the ground floor was used as a bar, but now, renovated by Trof, the firm behind The Deaf Institute and Gorilla, the venue has come into its own.

The main hall, which features a first floor seating area in a shoehorn shape as well as a standing area, is truly a thing of beauty.

As well as the aesthetic quality, the sound is just right too, which is often not the case at many Manchester venues.

This adds to the weight of fan favourites The New, Narc and Not Even Jail, as well as the mighty trio of NYC, PDA and Leif Erikson, with the latter acting as the band’s second encore, such is the appreciation of the adoring crowd.

Singer Paul Banks, who is on chatty form throughout the performance, tells us how he loves Mancunians. And Mancunians certainly love Interpol.