Interpol – Interpol (2010)
(Indie,Rock,Post-Punk)
On March 6, 2009, Interpol announced on their website that they were working on songs for a fourth album.[10] The LP was recorded in Electric Lady Studios during spring of 2009. In a recent interview, drummer Sam Fogarino, referred to the album as having gone back to the original sound of Turn On the Bright Lights. It was later claimed by Paul Banks that it will not sound anything like their debut album and that there is some very “classical stuff going on” with it. On April 28, 2010, the band posted on their website a new song, “Lights”, which they made available as a free MP3 download.
It was announced that Interpol’s fourth album will be self-titled and will be released sometime in mid-September.It will be bassist Carlos D.’s last effort with Interpol. In an announcement on the official website May 9, 2010 fans learned that he had left sometime after the album’s completion. When the remaining members tour in support, he will be replaced by multiple players. In early June 2010, the musicians who will play with Interpol on live dates were announced to be David Pajo (formerly of Slint and many other bands) on bass and Brandon Curtis of The Secret Machines on keyboards and vocals. The album will be released on Matador Records, in the US, and on Cooperative Music for Europe, Australia and Japan.
The band were announced as openers for the third and fourth leg of U2’s 360° Tour, and subsequently the band announced 18 US shows to take place over the third leg of U2’s 360° Tour, but only 3 of them are scheduled to go ahead after Bono’s back injury cancelled U2’s entire third leg. The band however are going to tour the UK and Ireland in November and December 2010 with further dates expected in Europe.
On June 22, 2010, a promotional video for “Lights” directed by Charlie White was made available for free download on Interpol’s official website. The band also announced tour dates through December 2010.
