Interpol - This Mirror Weighs a Ton (Vinyl 2LP Transparent Red)

This Mirror Weighs a Ton is the eighth studio album from New York alternative rock and post-punk band Interpol, and their first release since 2022's The Other Side of Make-Believe. It is also their debut for Partisan Records, after a career spent largely on Matador. The album was produced by Andrew Wyatt and mixed by Dave Fridmann, recorded at Wyatt's studio on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the first time in roughly a decade the band have made a record in their home city. Longtime touring keyboardist Brandon Curtis and bassist Brad Truax were brought into the line-up for the sessions, expanding the core trio of Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler and Sam Fogarino to a five-piece. Across twelve tracks the band widen their indie rock palette with strings, woodwinds, acoustic guitar, layered vocal harmonies and experimental sound design, while keeping the atmosphere, restraint and rhythmic tension that have defined their work since Turn On the Bright Lights. The title track, See Out Loud and Iron City were released as singles ahead of the album. The cover carries artwork by Addie Wagenknecht, held in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art.