Interpol have treated fans to the live debut of new song ‘See Out Loud’ as their 2026 world tour rolls on. Check out footage below.
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The NYC indie icons recently kicked off their run of 2026 shows in Miami before heading to South America for festival and headline dates. Their setlists had all been hits and fan favourites until last night (Thursday March 19) when the band played Audio at São Paulo in Brazil and slipped in new song ‘See Out Loud’ midway through the gig.
The song leans into the more pulsing and rhythmic vibe of their albums ‘Antics’ and ‘El Pintor’. While frontman Paul Banks takes the lead, guitarist Daniel Kessler lends a rare vocal over a synthy interlude before a rock crescendo, and the new song seems to reflect what the band told NME about new material, after frontman Paul Banks shared with us that their next record was sounding “quite high energy”.
“[It’s] pretty great, to be honest with you,” Banks told NME back in 2024. “I’m pretty pumped about the stuff that we have worked on so far. That’s all I can really say: it’s an enthusiastic ‘yes’. It’s pretty cool. With this [next] record, we’re getting back to writing together in a room and my favourite tracks so far are quite high energy.”
Then, last July, guitarist Daniel Kessler told us to expect “some upbeat tracks, but also some different atmospherics that I don’t think we’ve had before”.
“There are different moods,” he continued. “It’s not all rock; some of it is more upbeat in a different kind of way to what people might think of Interpol. It’s been a really fun process.”
This marks Interpol’s first new material since 2022’s acclaimed seventh album ‘The Other Side of Make-Believe’.
The band, led by a newly bleached-blonde Banks, are currently touring with The Armed’s Urian Hackney on drums. Drummer Sam Fogarino, who joined the New York City band in 2000, underwent spinal surgery in 2023 and stepped back from touring. They have however confirmed that Fogarino co-wrote and performed on the new album that was “coming soon”.
After Interpol wrap up their South American dates with a set at Coachella – find tickets to those shows here – they’ll head to Australia and New Zealand in May to support Deftones.
After that, they’ve got a run of European shows across July and August, including a support slot with My Chemical Romance in Italy.
Then, on August 23, they’ll join up with Deftones again to support them at London’s All Points East x Outbreak as part of a stacked line-up also featuring IDLES, Amyl & The Sniffers, AFI, Esdeekid, JPEGMAFIA, Deafheaven, ¥øu$Uk€ ¥uk1mat$U and Mannequin Pussy.
At the end of the year, they’re rounding off the year with a co-headline tour alongside Bloc Party in the UK and Europe, including two huge shows at London’s upcoming British Airways ARC venue. Find tickets to those shows here.