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Jul 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts Interpol

Interpol (Daniel Kessler, Paul Banks, and Sam Fogarino) are releasing a new album, Marauder, on August 24 via Matador. The album was announced via a live-streamed press conference from Mexico City. Previously they shared its first single, “The Rover” (which was one of our Songs of the Week), then they performed the song on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and shared a video for “The Rover” starring actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Girls, The Punisher). Now they have shared another song from the album, “Number 10,” which is about an office romance. Listen to it below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates.

A press release says “Number 10” “tells the story of a secret office romance between Ella, a domineering boss, and her employee. Their pent-up (and unconsummated) desire is matched by the song’s anxious tone, with its surf-inspired bassline, dueling guitars, and punchy percussion building up to an unrestrained, yearning finale.”

Dave Fridmann (MGMT, The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Mogwai) produced the album, which was recorded in two-week spells from December 2017 to April 2018 at his Tarbox Studios in Upstate New York. A previous press release promised that the album is louder than previous Interpol releases, relating a story where the police were called to their practice space while working on the album due to a noise complaint from a neighbor. “It seemed like you’re picking on the wrong rock band,” joked Fogarino in the press release. “It’s not like we’re Mastodon. I mean, in certain circles, we’re considered wimps!”

Previously Banks’ lyrics have been more observational, but for this album he turned inward. He explained in the press release: “This record is where I feel touching on real things that have happened to me are exciting and evocative to write about. I think in the past, I always felt autobiography was too small a thing for me to reference. I feel like now, I’m able to romanticize parts of my own life.”

The album cover is a Garry Winogrand photo of former Attorney General Elliot Richardson. In 1973 he resigned after refusing President Nixon’s orders to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox because Cox was leading an investigation into the Watergate scandal. “A lot of being accountable has to do with being honest,” said Banks about both the cover art and his lyrics on this album. Of course the Watergate scandal also has modern parallels to our current president and the Russia investigation.

It’s been four years since Interpol’s last album, 2014’s El Pintor.

Interpol Tour Dates:

8/13 - Mexico City, Mexico - Teatro De La Ciudad Esperanza Iris
8/14 - Mexico City, Mexico - Teatro De La Ciudad Esperanza Iris
8/23 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer - w/ Honduras
8/24 - Brooklyn, NY - House of Vans
9/11 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre - w/ Sunflower Bean
9/12 - Montreal, QC - Olympia Theatre - w/ Sunflower Bean
9/13 - Toronto, ON - Rebel - w/ Sunflower Bean
9/14-16 - Chicago, IL - Riot Fest
9/16 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Theatre - w/ Sunflower Bean
9/17 - Columbus, OH - Express Live! Indoor Stage - w/ Sunflower Bean
9/27 - Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory - w/ Sunflower Bean
9/28 - Austin, TX - Bass Concert Hall - w/ Sunflower Bean
9/29 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall Lawn - w/ Sunflower Bean
10/1 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren - w/ Sunflower Bean
10/4 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl - w/ The Kills, Sunflower Bean
10/5 - San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theater - w/ The Kills, Sunflower Bean
10/6 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre - w/ The Kills, Sunflower Bean
11/6 - Tokyo, Japan - Akasaka Blitz
11/14 - London, UK - Royal Albert Hall w/ Nilüfer Yanya
11/16 - Manchester, UK - O2 Apollo - w/ Nilüfer Yanya
11/18 - Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre - w/ Nilüfer Yanya
11/23 - Hamburg, Germany - Mehr! Theater - w/ Nilüfer Yanya
11/24 - Copenhagen, Denmark - TAP1 - w/ Nilüfer Yanya
11/25 - Berlin, Germany - Tempodrom - w/ Nilüfer Yanya
11/27 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli Vredenburg - w/ Nilüfer Yanya
11/28 - Brussels, Belgium - Forest National - w/ Nilüfer Yanya
11/29 - Paris, France - La Salle Pleyel w/ Nilüfer Yanya
2/16 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden - w/ Car Seat Headrest, Snail Mail

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