Interpol Preview “Iron City” Ahead of Partisan Records Debut

Interpol have shared “Iron City,” the latest preview from their eighth studio album, This Mirror Weighs a Ton. It follows the title track and “See Out Loud,” which the band debuted at Coachella this spring. According to a press release, the song channels “the tension between past and future that runs throughout” the record — a tension felt not only in the music’s moody momentum but in the circumstances around its creation.

The album, due August 28, is Interpol’s first on Partisan Records and marks their first time in roughly a decade recording at a fixed studio base. Produced by Andrew Wyatt (ROSALÍA, Charli xcx) at his Lower East Side space, the 12 tracks introduce strings, woodwinds, layered vocal harmonies, acoustic guitar, and experimental sound design — an expansion of the band’s established language rather than a departure from it. For a group so closely associated with nocturnal guitar lines and Paul Banks’ baritone, these textures add a new dimension without diluting their core identity.

A North American tour in support of the album launches July 31, with stops in cities including Denver, San Francisco, Toronto, Chicago, and Atlanta, and support from Youth Lagoon, DIIV, julie, and Loathe.