Interpol share new single ‘Toni’ and announce album ‘The Other Side of Make-Believe’
nme.comInterpol have marked their return by sharing the cinematic video for new single ‘Toni’ and announcing details of their seventh album, ‘The Other Side of Make-Believe’.Having been teasing ‘Toni’ for some weeks, today the band release the first taster of their first new material since 2018’s acclaimed ‘Marauder’ and 2019 EP ‘A Fine Mess’, with a new single that explores both the NYC band’s more intimate approach to sound along with a pounding and danceable beat.The single comes with the first of a two-part dance film directed by Van Alpert (who has worked with the likes of Post Malone and Machine Gun Kelly), with the second chapter to follow soon.“It was a blast working with Van Alpert on the video for our song Toni,” said frontman Paul Banks. “We bonded over shared film inspiration as well as a passion for classic music videos by the likes of Glazer, Cunningham and Jonze.
Van, in my opinion, is in the club with these legends; and it’s exciting to watch him build his own enduring body of work.”Alpert, meanwhile, added: “I wrote a crazy idea that I felt was new for Interpol: a hyper-modern, cinematic dance film.
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