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Interpol Announces This Mirror Weighs a Ton as Their First Release on Partisan

Recorded in Manhattan with producer Andrew Wyatt, the album signals a deliberate expansion of the band’s sound that the group will promote on a North American tour.

Overview

  • Interpol announced the new album on Tuesday, setting an August 28 release date on Partisan Records and publishing a 12‑song tracklist.
  • The record was produced by Andrew Wyatt and mixed by David Fridmann, and it was tracked at Wyatt’s Manhattan studio, marking the band’s first hometown sessions in more than a decade.
  • The band released two preview tracks, the title cut and “See Out Loud,” with the latter featuring guitarist Daniel Kessler’s first recorded vocal turn since 2002.
  • Interpol will support the album with a North American tour that begins July 31 in Denver and runs through October 17 in Nashville with a variety of opening acts and festival appearances.
  • The move to Partisan ends a more than 20‑year run with Matador and comes with broadened instrumentation on the record — strings, woodwinds, layered harmonies and experimental sound design — and cover art by Addie Wagenknecht.