The Other Side of Make-Believe released

Interpol began writing songs for a seventh studio album during the summer of 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic had impacted the way they wrote music; the band wrote in an Instagram post that they, at first, “had to use the internet to circulate ideas and collaborate remotely” before eventually being able to write music together in person at a house in the Catskill Mountains . They began recording the album in London during 2021 alongside producers Flood and Alan Moulder , the latter of whom previously mixed Interpol (2010) and El Pintor (2014). The album’s first single ” Toni ” premiered on April 7. The Other Side of Make-Believe and was released on July 15, 2022, along with a music video for “Gran Hotel”.