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Interpol Release New Single 'Iron City' Confronting AI in Lead-Up to Ninth Album

The track frames a dialogue with future artificial intelligence and clarifies frontman Paul Banks’s view that human creativity will remain essential.

Overview

  • Interpol have released 'Iron City', the third single from their forthcoming ninth album This Mirror Weighs A Ton.
  • Paul Banks says the song is a conversation between a human narrator and a future artificial intelligence and that he does not fear AI replacing art.
  • The album is due for release on August 28 via Partisan Records and was produced by Andrew Wyatt and mixed by Dave Fridmann.
  • The record uses strings, woodwinds, layered vocal harmonies, acoustic guitar and experimental sound design to extend Interpol’s atmospheric sound.
  • Interpol signed to Partisan earlier this year and will promote the album with a 23-date North American tour, an August festival appearance in London and a UK/European co-headline run with Bloc Party.