Interpol have announced a new studio album: Marauder is out August 24 via Matador Records. The first single is called “The Rover.” Hear it below; scroll down for the Marauder tracklist and cover art (which features a photograph of 1973 U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson, taken by Garry Winogrand), as well as Interpol’s upcoming tour dates; tickets are available to purchase here. In addition, head to Interpol’s website to check out the band’s Mexico City press conference about the LP. Interpol are set to perform “The Rover” on tomorrow night’s episode of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”
Marauder is Interpol’s sixth studio LP—their first since 2014’s El Pintor. They worked with Dave Fridmann on Marauder, marking the first time they recorded an album with an outside producer since 2007’s Our Love to Admire. In a press release, frontman Paul Banks said, “Marauder is a facet of myself. That’s the guy that fucks up friendships and does crazy shit. He taught me a lot, but it’s representative of a persona that’s best left in song. In a way, this album is like giving him a name and putting him to bed.”
Banks added, “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.”
Read Pitchfork’s feature “Cap the Old Times: The Story of Interpol’s Turn on the Bright Lights.”
Marauder:
01 If You Really Love Nothing
02 The Rover
03 Complications
04 Flight of Fancy
05 Stay in Touch
06 Interlude 1
07 Mountain Child
08 NYSMAW
09 Surveillance
10 Number 10
11 Party’s Over
12 Interlude 2
13 It Probably Matters
Interpol:
06-25 Vienna, Austria - Arena Wien Open Air
06-26 Sesto al Reghena, Italy - Sexto Nplugged
06-27 Zagreb, Croatia - INmusic Festival
07-01 Glasgow, Scotland - TRNSMT festival
07-05 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-07 London, England - Hyde Park ^
08-24 Brooklyn, NY - House of Vans
09-14-16 Chicago, IL - Riot Fest
10-04 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl $
10-06 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theater $
11-06 Tokyo, Japan - Akasaka Blitz
11-14 London, England - Royal Albert Hall
11-24 Copenhagen, Denmark - TAP1
02-16 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden %
^ with The Cure
$ with The Kills and Sunflower Bean
% with Car Seat Headrest and Snail Mail
Watch Pitchfork’s “Liner Notes” video on Interpol’s 2002 debut Turn on the Bright Lights:
