Interpol are back 2022-04-08 by Raul Stanciu STAFF | 23 Comments | Interpol released "Toni", the first single off their upcoming 7th studio album, The Other Side of Make-Believe. Due out on July 15, the LP was produced by Flood and Alan Moulder in London. The band started writing the songs separately during the pandemic, before meeting up to finish them together.
“Working alone was raw at first, but has opened up a vivid new chapter for us,” said guitarist Daniel Kessler in a press release, with Banks recalling how he took to writing while the global pandemic saw him living in Edinburgh for nearly nine months. “We usually write live, but for the first time I’m not shouting over a drumkit,” said Banks.
“Daniel and I have a strong enough chemistry that I could picture how my voice would complement the scratch demos he emailed over. Then I could turn the guys down on my laptop, locate these colourful melodies and generally get the message across in an understated fashion.”
He added: “It’s like Mickey Rourke in Barfly, singing to a patron at the end of the tabletop, and we never felt the need to flip that smoky intimacy into something big and loud when it came to rehearse and record. I got a real kick out of doing the opposite.”
Watch the music video for "Toni" below:
Track list:
1. ‘Toni’
2. ‘Fables’
3. ‘Into The Night’
4. ‘Mr. Credit’
5. ‘Something Changed’
6. ‘Renegade Hearts’
7. ‘Passenger’
8. ‘Greenwich’
9. ‘Gran Hotel’
10. ‘Big Shot City’
11. ‘Go Easy (Palermo)’
Interpol will embark this month on a promotional tour that will see them travelling throughout the US, Mexico City and Europe:
April
25 – The Factory in Deep Ellum, Dallas
26 – ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin
28 – Marquee Theatre, Tempe
29 – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, San Diego
30 – Greek Theatre, Berkeley
May
2 – The Union, Salt Lake City
3 – Mission Ballroom, Denver
5 – Palace Theatre, St. Paul
6 – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
7 – The Fillmore Detroit, Detroit
8 – Agora Theatre, Cleveland
10 – The Anthem, Washington
11 – Roadrunner, Boston
13 – The Met Philadelphia, Philadelphia
14 – Kings Theatre, Brooklyn
15 – Kings Theatre, Brooklyn
21 – Rose Bowl, Pasadena – Just Like Heaven, LA
28 – Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
June
8 – Sala Apollo, Barcelona, Spain
9 – Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
11 – Primavera Sound, Porto, Portugal
12 – Templehof Sounds Festival, Berlin, Germany
14 – Roundhouse, London
15 – Roundhouse, London
16 – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
18 – Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
19 – Pinkpop Festival, Landgraaf, Netherlands
The dates in August and September are part of a co-headline tour with Spoon:
August
25 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage
26 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage #
27 – Portland, ME – Thompson’s Point
28 – Providence, RI – Bold Point Pavilion
30 – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! Outdoor
September
1 – Cincinnati, OH – Andrew J. Brady Music Center
2 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
3 – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit
6 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE Outdoors
8 – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater at White River Park
9 – St. Louis, MO – Stifel Theatre
10 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion
13 – Las Vegas, NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
14 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre
16 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
17 – Portland, OR – Pioneer Courthouse Square
18 – Portland, OR – Pioneer Courthouse Square
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song brings to mind Muzz (remember them??) more than Interpol but it's solid, if the new album is better than Marauder I'll be happy
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lmao Muzz, haven't thought of them since I saw the green hair
That producer duo is top notch, and the song is good. The band is one of my all time favourites so I can't help but be excited.
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why tho?
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boring and dull
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If i ever have to listen to him sing inspiratioooon again, it will be too damn soooon.
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sounds better than the last record, last album sounded horrible, like sonically,
the second half of this song sounds like a bizarre blend of modest mouse and like mgmt combined, to me
i like it, sounds interesting to me
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Digging the song
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Please, dont do it.
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"Please, dont do it."
Is this a reference to that commercial where the girl with braces wants to eat popcorn but her mom says don't do it because the popcorn will get stuck in her braces and the girl says she won't do it but then she does it anyway, she eats the popcorn, and they get stuck in her braces and she says I did it? Haha that's a funny commercial.
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paul's melodies/voice just don't do much for me anymore
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^ another one in a line of singers who felt the need to "change" his vocal style and ultimately settled on a far inferior sound than his glory days
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agreed hard. even on Antics there was a slight shift but it was still good. now he just sounds bored and content to stick to this one style
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OLTA is the last album where he sounds really inspired and lively, for lack of a better word
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Good song
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Is this post-punk?
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no, but their first albums were
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What changed?
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Not great. I just listened to the "Something Changed" and it's also pretty boring on first listen. I'll wait till I the full album before giving my official verdict.
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I like this track a lot. Wasn't impressed at first but it grew on me hard
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First Interpol track I've liked since Evil... but it's not like I've given many a chance.
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It's probably one of their worst ever lol
Do yourself a favor and listen to OLTA
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Good couple of songs, liked the second one a bit more.
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OLTA was the album that turned me off and made me forget about them. But I was never a proper fan anyway.
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