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INTERPOL ANNOUNCE NEW 5-TRACK EP A FINE MESS

March 28, 2019

RELEASED MAY 17th (MATADOR RECORDS)

LISTEN TO NEW TRACK “THE WEEKEND

UPCOMING APPEARANCES AT GLASTONBURY, PRIMAVERA SOUND, OSHEAGA, ALL POINTS EAST, LOLLAPALOOZA SOUTH AMERICA + WORLDWIDE HEADLINE DATES INCLUDING RED ROCKS

Interpol today announce their new EP titled A Fine Mess, which will be released May 17th on Matador Records. The announcement comes with new track “The Weekend,” which is available to stream and purchase HERE.

Recorded during time spent in upstate New York with Dave Fridmann, the five songs that make up A Fine Mess gradually emerged as a body of work with a narrative and flow unto itself. The previously released title track, “Fine Mess,” then received further production from Kaines & Tom A.D. and mixing from Claudius Mittendorfer, who had first worked with Interpol as engineer on Our Love To Admire. The resulting set is a living, breathing postcard from the band to their fans as they tour the world throughout 2019, and a linear continuation of the visceral and contagious energy set loose with Marauder.

Echoing its title, the artwork for A Fine Mess is illustrated by a series of lost images, recovered from an abandoned police station in Detroit, MI. In a crumbling evidence room – amongst the rubble – an undeveloped roll of film, dated “1-20-96,” featured latent images of a breaking-and-entering scene, the rooms in chaos.

From the beguiling refrain of the title track, to the soulful topsy-turvy of “No Big Deal,” cathartic chorus of long sought-after live favorite “Real Life,” anthemic swell of “The Weekend,” and angular shades of ‘Thrones,” A Fine Mess is a bracing and distinct addition to Interpol’s oeuvre.

Following recent headline performances at Madison Square Garden, Hollywood Bowl, Sydney Opera House, and a double header at Royal Albert Hall, Interpol will continue their worldwide run of dates with festival appearances at Glastonbury, Osheaga, Primavera, All Points East with The Strokes, and Best Kept Secret, plus headline dates across North and South America, the UK and Europe, with more announcements to follow. The full list of upcoming dates can be found below the EP artwork.

A Fine Mess EP – Tracklisting:

1. Fine Mess

2. No Big Deal

3. Real Life

4. The Weekend

5. Thrones

Interpol Tour Dates:

3/28 – Teatro Vorterix, Buenos Aires, Argentina

3/29 – Lollapalooza, Buenos Aires, Argentina

3/30 – Lollapalooza, Santiago, Chile

4/2 – Asuncionico, Asuncion, Paraguay

4/5 – Estereo Picnic, Bogotá, Colombia

4/7 – Lollapalooza, Sao Paulo, Brazil

4/9 – Domos Art, Lima, Peru

5/1 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison CO #

5/2 – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland, Kansas City, MO %

5/4 – Shaky Knees Festival, Atlanta, GA

5/5 – North Charleston PAC, Charleston, SC

5/7 – Florida Theatre, Jacksonville, FL

5/8 – Mahaffey Theater, St Petersburg, FL

5/10 – Fillmore at Jackie Gleason Theatre, Miami, FL

5/11 – Hard Rock Live, Orlando, FL

5/18 – Pulso Festival, Quetaro, Mexico

5/25 – All Points East, Victoria Park, London, UK w/ The Strokes

5/26 – Galvanizer’s Yard, Glasgow, UK

5/30 – Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain

6/1 – Heartland Festival, Denmark

6/2 – Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands

6/4 – Palladium, Cologne, Germany

6/5 – Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Germany

6/7 – NOS Primavera Sound Festival, Porto, Portugal

6/10 – Adrenaline Stadium, Moscow, Russia

6/12 – Green Theatre, Kiev, Ukraine

6/21 – Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany

6/23 – Hurricane Festival, Scheeßel, Germany

6/25 – O2 Academy, Leeds, UK +

6/26 – Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK +

6/26-30 – Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, UK

6/30 – Garorock, Marmande, France

7/2 – L’Olympia, Paris, France

7/4 – Les Eurockeennes De Belfort, Belfort, France

7/6 – Rock Zottegem Festival, Zottegem, Flanders

7/7 – Beauregard Festival, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France

8/2 – Osheaga Festival, Montreal, Canada

# with support from Sunflower Bean, Japanese Breakfast, and Car Seat Headrest

% with support from Foals

+ with support from Pixx