Το πρόσφατο άλμπουμ των Interpol, κυκλοφορία Αυγούστου 2026, σε νέο label – Partisan – και με νέο παραγωγό – Andrew Wyatt – έρχεται να ανανεώσει το (δικό μου τουλάχιστον) ενδιαφέρον, καθώς η έμφαση δίνεται σε ασυνήθιστο βαθμό στην ηλεκτρονική / ambient παράμετρο και τον ήχο του μπάσου (πρώτη στουντιακή συμμετοχή εδώ του Brad Truax, live συνεργάτη μέχρι τώρα) με το επίπεδο της τργουδοποιίας σταθερά πάνω απ’ ικανοποιητικό. Ακούμε δείγματα του This Mirror Weighs A Ton, ξεκινώντας από το Massive Attack – ικών αποχρώσεων ομότιτλό του. Οι κιθάρες δεν παίρνουν το πάνω χέρι πριν απ’ το τρίτο track. 📀 📀 Interpol’s latest album, released in August 2026 on a new label – Partisan – and with a new producer – Andrew Wyatt – has renewed my interest (mine, at least), as the emphasis falls to an unusual degree on the electronic/ambient element and the sound of the bass (this is Brad Truax’s first studio appearance, having been a live collaborator until now), while the songwriting remains consistently more than satisfactory. We listen to excerpts from This Mirror Weighs a Ton, starting with the Massive Attack–tinged title track. The guitars don’t take the upper hand until the third track.

00:00 This Mirror Weighs A Ton 05:13 So Rides The Reindeer 09:25 See Out Loud

THIS MIRROR WEIGHS A TON
It’s a habit, it’s all good
I fall in a hole, loser
Fade in symphonic
Like the phone that’s dialing
Alone again
Unknown again
If we want to plug in
The hardness, the feeling
To turn into silence
Then we won’t survive
But we ought to
Yeah, we ought to
This mirror weighs a ton, but at least we act sudden
All the words are gone
But the radios in your head
Still speak the arcane to the out there
We’re never really done, but we’re here to wax sunny
All the kings are gone
But the maniac in your head
Still sleeps in archways alone as an act of faith
If we want to plug in
The hardness, the feeling
To turn into silence
Then we won’t survive
But we ought to
Yeah, we ought to
It’s a habit, it’s all good
I fall in a hole, loser
Fade in symphonic
Like the phone that’s dialing
Phone that’s dialing
This mirror weighs a ton, but at least we act sudden
All the words are gone
But the radios in your head
Still speak the arcane to the out there
We’re never really done, but we’re here to wax sunny
All the kings are gone
But the maniac in your head
Still sleeps in archways alone as an act of faith
If we want to plug in
The hardness, the feeling
To turn into silence
Then we won’t survive
But we ought to
We ought to
It’s a habit, it’s all good
I fall in a hole, loser
Fade in symphonic
Like the phone that’s dialing
Alone again
Unknown again

SO RIDES THE REINDEER
So rides the reindeer
I feel the earth beneath the snow
Got high, but remained here
Like a river that will overflow
So understanding
Replaces faith
I’m on my way
Oh, surround me
Potions I take to creep up the mountain
I was green when I left home
To go out and face the hate
Never thought it could be killed
The magic that had kept me safe
Dark eyes remain clear
In a void full of their traps
Bright colors to plain clothes
Tell me, how can I get my poems back?
So understanding
Replaces faith
I’m on my chain
Oh, surround me
Potions I take to creep up the mountain
Up is down
Tonight, we drown
Like someone who fought before me
Oh, I’m going home
Like I was never known
Take me outside
I don’t want to die
So rides the reindeer
I try to remain here
There’s a river that will never slow
So lies the reindeer
Earthbound, but far from home
So understanding
Replaces faith
Drunk on my pain
Oh, surround me
Potions I take
To creep up the mountain
Up is down
Tonight, we drown
Like someone who fought before me
Oh, I’m going home
Like I was never known
Take me outside
I don’t want to die

SEE OUT LOUD
5am, teeth marked skin, I can see out loud
And I know
I start to feel pixelated
As we get buried in the sound
Dive right in
A kiss glistens in a neon cloud
And I know
I’m not here to contain you
I’m just here to let you out
Say something magical now
But save some for me
I’ve got the right clothes
And nowhere pose
But I need some poetry
I was asleep
I saw the one
I tried to stand for something
I fought defeat
Stay outside
And never separate
5am, teeth-mark skin, I can see out loud
And I know
I start to feel pixelated
As we get buried in the sound
Dive right in
A kiss glistens in a neon cloud
And I know
I’m not here to contain you
I’m just here to let you out
Am I the one to know what you’ve done?
Am I your lover or someone you came for?
Not out of place, I know that you’re strange
I’m not impatient but when do we play?
I was asleep, I saw the one, I tried to stand for something
I fought defeat, go outside, and never separate
That’s what you get
That’s what you get
5am, teeth marked skin, I can see out loud
And I know
I start to feel pixelated
As we get buried in the sound
Dive right in
A kiss glistens in a neon cloud
And I know
I will not meet you later
Because I’m never leaving now
Sighs around the heart when it beats as one
Cold without the darkness would feel so strange
Sighs around the heart when it beats as one
May we go and see
Today we’re all friends
(Sighs around the heart when it beats as one
Cold without the darkness would feel so strange
Sighs around the heart when it beats as one
May we go and see)
Today we’re all friends
Today we’re all friends
Today we’re all friends
Today we’re all friends…