Interpol are back with their 8th studio album and first since 2022’s The Other Side of Make Believe. Produced by Andrew Wyatt (ROSALÍA, Charli xcx) and mixed by David Fridmann (Sleater-Kinney, MGMT), This Mirror Weighs a Ton expands Interpol’s sonic palette with the addition of strings, woodwinds, layered vocal harmonies, acoustic guitar and experimental sound design while maintaining the band’s signature rhythmic and melodic approach. The album was recorded at Wyatt’s studio on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, marking the band’s first time making a record in their original home base of NYC in over a decade.

“This Mirror Weighs a Ton” + “See Out Loud” offer a study in duality, with Interpol stretching the edges of their identity without losing the pulse that made them essential. The title track unfolds like a slow revelation, all warped bass, tidal motion, ghostly vocal textures and immersive sound design, bending the band’s familiar language into something subtly alien and expansive. “See Out Loud” strikes with taut rhythms, serrated guitars and the nocturnal charge etched into Interpol’s DNA, sharpened by layered harmonies, shifting perspectives and a rare vocal turn from Daniel Kessler (his first since Turn On The Bright Lights’ “PDA”).

The album’s title emerged from Paul Banks’ improvisational vocal process, where melodies and phrases develop simultaneously. Themes of reflection, perception and emotional tension recur throughout the record, and the artwork features a work by Addie Wagenknecht currently held in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s permanent collection.

Due out August 28th via Partisan Records, This Mirror Weighs a Ton is available to preorder here as an indie exclusive, transparent red vinyl 2 LP set and on CD. Preorders are limited to two (2) per format, per customer / household.

This Mirror Weighs a Ton will be available for local, store pickup at Grimey’s starting on 8/28/26.

Copies of This Mirror Weighs a Ton preordered for mail order will ship out from Grimey’s on or by 8/28/26.

*Preorders for store pickup will be held for three months after release date. Please pick up your This Mirror Weighs a Ton preorder no later than November 28th, 2026.

Tracklisting:

1. This Mirror Weighs a Ton

2. See Out Loud

3. Iron City

4. Wounded Soldier

5. Wings On Fire

6. Ever The Actor

7. So Rides The Reindeer

8. Darling Thoughts

9. Wake Up

10. Enemy

11. Bird and The Serpent

12. Sudden