Plays on LTZ: 9 across 9 shows (2023-02-16, 2023-08-24, 2023-12-07, 2024-07-25, 2024-11-14, 2025-05-01, 2025-10-23, 2026-06-25, 2026-09-03)
(artist profile) Interpol — researched 2026-09-11
This Mirror Weighs a Ton — played 2026-06-25
Played: 2026-06-25 (Segment 3 — Indie run) (new release)
Title track of the New York band's ninth album (announced June 2026, due 28 August), the follow-up to 2022's The Other Side of Make-Believe. Produced by Andrew Wyatt and mixed by Dave Fridmann, it's a Massive Attack-inspired, full-bodied turn — strings, woodwinds, layered harmonies. Paul Banks improvised the title phrase while writing melody and vocal at once.
Played: 2026-09-03 (Daily Music Report) (TikTok)
Daily Music Report pick from Michael Lutjen: pairs Interpol's brooding post-punk foundation with sputtering drum loops and an orchestral deconstruction that gradually pulls the song apart, one of the more atmospheric moments on This Mirror Weighs a Ton, hinting at the experimentation running beneath the band's familiar sound. Closes out the first half of Interpol's eighth studio album This Mirror Weighs a Ton (released 28 August 2026 on Partisan Records), their first release since 2022's The Other Side of Make-Believe. Produced by Andrew Wyatt (of Miike Snow) and mixed by Dave Fridmann, recorded at Wyatt's New York City studio — the first time in a decade the band recorded in their home state, and their debut on a new label following a long stint on Matador. Longtime touring bassist Brad Truax was bumped up to full member for the record, while Wyatt played all the keyboards and synths; the album cover is Addie Wagenknecht's work from the Whitney Museum's permanent collection. Michael Lutjen called the album "impeccable."
TikTok angle: The new Interpol record lands this very week, and it is their first since 2022, recorded up the road in New York after a decade away.
Sources: Release press · Wikipedia · Daily Music Report (Michael Lutjen)