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Antics (Matador, 2004) is het tweede album van de uit New York afkomstige band Interpol. Het album is iets lichter van toon en toegankelijker dan zijn voorganger Turn on the Bright Lights en vergrootte de bekendheid van de band. Veel critici prezen het album. De singles waren Slow Hands, Evil en C'mere. Song Seven (dat eerder was verschenen op de Precitipate EP) en enkele remixes werden als bonustracks voor de Japanse versies en als B-sides gebruikt. Vier remixes die door de bandleden zelf zijn gemaakt, zijn gebundeld op de remix-ep. Evenals Song Seven, is het liedje A Time to Be So Small ook een oud liedje dat eerder op de Precipitate EP was verschenen. De versies van Song Seven en A Time to Be So Small voor Antics zijn anders dan de versies op de Precipitate EP.

Antics is the second studio album by American rock band Interpol, released on September 27, 2004, by Matador Records. Upon its release, the album proved to be the band's commercial breakthrough, peaking at number fifteen on the Billboard 200 and number 21 on the UK Albums Chart, and went on to be certified gold by the RIAA in the United States.

Antics received generally favorable reviews from critics. Drowned in Sound named it the best album of 2004. Likewise, it appeared on end-of-year lists by several other music publications. It was later certified gold by the RIAA in 2009. Four singles were released from the album: "Slow Hands", "Evil", "C'mere", and "Narc".

In a 2018 interview with Vice, lead singer Paul Banks listed Antics as his favorite of the band's albums, saying: "I really put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears onto this record" and that "it felt like a very righteous pursuit". Banks also claimed that their confidence in the album's quality acted as "the perfect antidote to that sophomore slump" and the group circumvented the pressure and was able to "dive straight back in".