15 July 2022

Band: INTERPOL
Who: New York’s indie heroes, fronted
by American-British vox Paul Banks
Active: Since 1997 / 7 LPs

New album: THE OTHER SIDE OF MAKE-BELIEVE
Order info: here

Paul Banks: “It definitely feels like us. It’s the heart and soul of our band,
like there’s a DNA to our sound. Another part of me thinks. This might be
super fucking different’.”

NME writes: “On ‘The Other Side Of Make Believe’, they’re still very much in a mid-career
purple patch. You won’t find any indie radio bangers like ‘Slow Hands’ or ‘All The Rage Back Home’, but instead a consistent and engaging tapestry of moods and textures… Far from a
total reinvention, but all adds up to a confident, rewarding and subtly adventurous new chapter for Interpol – or, as Banks sings himself on the aforementioned peak of ‘Toni’, “Still in shape, my methods refined”. Score: 4/5.

TUTV: It’s simple. Their 7th is their best since their 1st (Turn On The Bright Lights – 2002, turning 20 next month). In between, it felt like Interpol was searching for a new sonic identity. A trial and error journey with half great//half lukewarm longplayers.

But here their characteristic gloominess touches moony hearts again (definitely mine)
with their distressed musings in sound and content. No charged corkers this time, only sensitive and soulful melodies with moody shades for candlelight evenings.

Welcome back to twilight land.

Singles/clips: Gran Hotel / Something Changed / Toni

– GRAN HOTEL –

– SOMETHING CHANGED –

– TONI –

Stream album below…

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INTERPOL: All Albums – Instagram