A chandelier of CCTV cameras hangs down from the cover of Interpol’s eighth album, a portrait of both the band’s DNA and of this record. Their sound has always been one of elegance, but coloured by the gloom of a very urban modernity. On ‘This Mirror Weighs a Ton’, the New York indie heroes are feeling watched by the modern world, while also reflecting on their own worth.
There are generally more eyes on Interpol in 2026. Their new record label Partisan (also home to IDLES, Geese and PJ Harvey) reports that more than half of the band’s 2.5million monthly Spotify listeners are under the age of 35. It’s a rare feat for a band of their vintage to have a following beyond 6 Music dads, but there’s a new generation taking up front rows of gigs, devouring their…

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