Interpol have announced details of their eighth studio album. Spanning 12 tracks, This Mirror Weighs a Ton is due out August 28th and marks their debut release with Partisan Records.
The band’s first album since 2022’s The Other Side of Make-Believe, This Mirror sees Interpol “expand their sonic palette with the addition of strings, woodwinds, layered vocal harmonies, acoustic guitar, and experimental sound design,” according to a press release. As part of this musical growth, Interpol were joined by producer Andrew Wyatt (ROSALÍA, Charli xcx), recording This Mirror at Wyatt’s studio on Manhattan’s Lower East Side (their first time at a “homebase” studio in roughly a decade).
In fact, as guitarist Daniel Kessler put it in a statement, so much of what the album eventually became hinged on the title track.
“I was right next to Andrew when he started doing these incredible things with the sound design, and it was just so exciting,” Kessler said. “I remember thinking, I don’t have context for what kind of music this is — these big crashes happening before Paul even had a vocal. Logic would have said maybe this is an instrumental. Then Paul just got up, went into the back room and started singing those melodies — and suddenly it was clearly not going to be.”
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As part of today’s announcement, Interpol have released two new singles, the title track and “See Out Loud” (which the band recently debuted at Coachella earlier this spring). The press release calls the combined tracks “a study in duality, with Interpol stretching the edges of their identity without losing the pulse that made them essential.” Check out both songs below.
In support of This Mirror, Interpol have a forthcoming North American tour that kicks off July 31st. There’s shows following throughout both summer and fall in Boise, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, and more. As of now, the tour concludes on October 17th in Nashville. Look for tickets here.
This Mirror Weighs a Ton Artwork:
This Mirror Weighs a Ton Tracklist:
01. This Mirror Weighs a Ton
02. See Out Loud
03. Iron City
04. Wounded Soldier
05. Wings On Fire
06. Ever The Actor
07. So Rides The Reindeer
08. Darling Thoughts
09. Wake Up
10. Enemy
11. Bird and The Serpent
12. Sudden
Interpol 2026 Tour Dates:
07/10 — Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool Festival
07/11 — Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
07/13 — Toulouse, FR @ Le Bikini
07/15 — Firenze, IT @ Visarno Arena *
07/16 — Bologna, IT @ Parco delle Caserme Rosse Sequoie Music Park
07/18 — Huelgoat, FR @ Les Vieilles Charrues Festival
07/19 — Dour, BE @ Dour Festival
07/31 — Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom #
08/02 — Jackson Hole, WY @ Snow King Mountain
08/03 — Boise, ID @ Revolution Concert House #
08/06 — Portland, OR @ Edgefield %
08/08 — Tacoma, WA @ Dune Peninsula %
08/11 — San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield &
08/14 — Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl &
08/15 — San Diego, CA @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park &
08/16 — Las Vegas, NV @ The Theater at Virgin Hotels &
08/23 — London, UK @ All Points East Presents Outbreak Festival
08/28-08/30 — Lisbon, PT @ Kalorama Festival
08/30 — Paris, FR @ Rock en Seine
09/26 — Brooklyn, NY @ CBGB Festival: Under the K Bridge
09/29 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena $
10/02 — Toronto, ON @ The Bowl at Sobeys Stadium +
10/03 — Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia +
10/04 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner +
10/06 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE +
10/07 — Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre and Ballroom +
10/09 — Detroit, MI @ Masonic Jack White Theatre +
10/10 — Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! Outdoors +
10/11 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed Fairgrounds +
10/13 — St. Louis, MO @ The Factory +
10/16 — Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern +
10/17 — Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle !
11/10 — Copenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena @
11/11 — Berlin, DE @ Uber Arena @
11/12 — Hamburg, DE @ Barclays Arena @
11/14 — Düsseldorf, DE @ PSD Bank Dome @
11/16 — Paris, FR @ Le Zénith @
11/17 — Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Live @
11/18 — Forest, BE @ Vorst Nationaal/Forest National @
11/20 — Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena Birmingham @
11/21 — Cardiff, UK @ Utilita Arena Cardiff @
11/23-11/24 — Manchester, UK @ Aviva Studios @
11/26-11/27 — Brighton, UK @ The Brighton Centre @
11/28 — Sheffield, UK @ Utilita Arena @
11/30 — Dublin, IE @ 3Arena @
12/02 — Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro @
12/04-12/05 — London, UK @ Olympia Music Arena @
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