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Jun 22, 2010 By Mark Redfern Interpol

Interpol have premiered on their website the video for “Lights,” the first single from their forthcoming self-titled fourth album, which marks their return to Matador Records and is now due September 7 (bumped up a week from September 14). The creepy video is below and is also available as a free HD download from the band’s website. The clip was directed by Los Angeles-based artist Charlie White, who previously helmed Interpol’s “Evil” video. The band, now minus Carlos D, doesn’t actually appear in the weird video, instead three women are engaged in “a closely guarded pheromone-harvesting ritual” in a sparse room. A syringe is involved. The clip opens with this bizarre title card: “Deep within the inner chambers of the Three-horned Rhinoceros Beetle (Chalcosoma caucaus), a closely guarded pheromone-harvesting ritual is about to begin.”

Interpol announced the video via their mailing list, writing: “We’d like to share with you our clip for ‘Lights’ directed by Mr. Charlie White. Before this clip is available anywhere else, we’re posting it here as an HD download, free for you. We’re amazed by it, and think you’ll enjoy seeing it as the director intended it to be seen - in high quality. It takes a couple minutes to download, but trust us, it is worth it.”

Download the HD video from Interpol’s website or watch it below.

Interpol have also announced some new tour dates (see below, after the video).

Tour dates (new dates in bold):

06-23 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small’s Theatre

06-25 Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock Café

07-23 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Ballroom (On Sale June 25)

07-24 New Haven, CT - Toad’s Place (On Sale June 25)

07-25 Baltimore, MD - Ramshead Live (On Sale June 24)

07-29 Richmond, VA - The National (On Sale June 25)

07-30 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa (On Sale June 25)

07-31 Atlantic City, NJ - Atlantic City HOB (On Sale June 26)

08-04 Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre (On Sale June 25)

08-05 Boston, MA - House of Blues (On Sale June 25)

08-06 Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights (On Sale June 26)

08-09 Montreal, QC - Metropolis (On Sale June 26)

08-10 Toronto, ON - Kool Haus (On Sale June 24)

08-11 Pontiac, MI - Clutch Cargo (On Sale June 25)

08-13 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave (On Sale June 26)

08-14 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue (On Sale June 26)

08-15 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre (On Sale June 26)

08-18 Charleston, SC - The Music Farm (On Sale June 25)

08-19 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues (On Sale June 26)

08-21 Miami Beach, FL - The Fillmore (On Sale July 9)

09-16 Caen, France - Le Cargo

09-18 Paris, France - Stade De France *

09-21 Lille, France - Aeronef

09-22-23 Brussels, Belgium - Stade Roi Boudoin *

09-25 Bordeaux, France - Le Vigean

09-26 San Sebastian, Spain - Anoeta Stadium *

09-28 Granada, Spain - La Industrial Copera

09-29 Seville, Spain - Olympic Stadium *

10-01 Santiago, Spain - Santiago De Compostela

10-02 Coimbra, Portugal - Estadio Cidade Coimbra *

10-03 Coimbra, Portugal - Estadio Cidade Coimbra *

10-05 Bilboa, Spain - Rockstar Barakaldo

10-06 Toulouse, France - Li Bikini

10-08 Rome, Italy - Olympic Stadium *

11-12 Lisbon, Portugal - Campo Pequeño

11-13 Madrid, Spain - Palacio Vistalegre

11-14 Barcelona, Spain - San Jordi Club

11-16 Marseille, France - Dock Du Sud

11-17 Milan, Italy - Palasharp

11-18 Vienna, Austria - Gasometer

11-20 Berlin, Germany - Tempodrom

11-21 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall

11-22 Dortmund, Germany - Westfalenhalle 2

11-24 Nottingham, England - Rock City

11-25 Newcastle, England - O2 Academy

11-26 Birmingham, England - O2 Academy

11-27 Edinburgh, Scotland - Corn Exchange

11-29 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia

11-30 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia

12-01 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia

12-03 Manchester, England - Apollo

12-04 Liverpool, England - Liverpool University

12-06 London, England - O2 Academy Brixton

12-07 London, England - O2 Academy Brixton