Interpol Announce New Album ‘El Pintor’

June 5th, 2014

Kevin Blumeyer

NYC post-punks Interpol have officially announced their fifth studio album will hit stores on September 9. They’ve titled the album El Pintor, which is not only Spanish for “the painter,” but also an anagram for Interpol, something I’m ashamed to admit took me more than a few glances to figure out.

El Pintor is the first Interpol album to feature frontman Paul Banks playing bass, in addition to recording guitars and vocals, as the band has yet to officially replace founding bassist Carlos Dengler, who left the band after recording their last album, 2010’s Interpol. After a few years away, the band is hitting the U.S. festival circuit hard this summer, with scheduled appearances at Governor’s Ball, Lollapalooza, FYF Fest and Austin City Limits.

The band’s full itinerary, as well as the album’s cover art and a video of in-studio footage can be seen below.

Interpol 2014 Tour Dates:
06/05 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
06/07 – Toronto, ON @ Field Trip Festival
06/08 – New York, NY @ Governors Ball Music Festival
06/20 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ The Best Kept Secret Festival
06/21 – Scheessel, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/23 – Neuhausen, DE @ Southside Festival
06/24 – Paris, FR @ Alhambra
06/25 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
06/27 – Pilton, UK @ Glastonbury Music Festival
06/28 – Evreux, FR @ Rock Dans Tour Ses Etats
06/29 – Luxembourg @ Rock-A-Field
07/01 – Berlin, DE @ Postbahnhof
07/02 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/03 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
07/06 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
07/08 – Nimes, FR @ Nimes Festival
07/10 – Lisbon, PT @ Optimus Alive
07/12 – Keflavík, IS @ All Tomorrow’s Parties Iceland
07/25 – Byron Bay, AU @ Splendour in the Grass
07/30 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
08/01 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/20 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
08/21 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Pool at The Cosmopolitan
08/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest
10/03 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/10 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits