 " House of Jealous Lovers " received acclaim from music critics . Stylus Magazine described the track as all four band members " playing their instruments as if they were leads " and continued that " nobody 's been able to pull this off so well since Joy Division " . AllMusic said that its rhythm section was " as dynamite as anything from the late- ' 70s U.K. post @-@ punk bands . " Pitchfork Media called the song " the unparalleled champion of 2002 's summer anthem sweepstakes " . 
