Marauder (LP)

It finally happened; somebody called the cops on Interpol.

The long arm of the law caught up with Daniel Kessler, Paul Banks, and Sam Fogarino in 2017, as they worked on a new album inside the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' rehearsal space in Manhattan. Even in its infancy, Marauder was shaping up to be a beast; an early practice session was so vigorous, it resulted in Sam hitting the drums so hard that he busted his kick drum.

Eventually, the trio were playing with such force and volume, that a neighbour called the boys in blue on the boys in black, forcing them out of the practice space. "We ruined it for everyone," reflects Daniel. "It seemed like you're picking on the wrong rock band," adds Sam with a laugh. "It's not like we're Mastodon. I mean, in certain circles, we're considered wimps!"

If that was ever the case, the Interpol captured on their sixth album are nothing of the sort. While many fans took time over the last 18 months to read about the band's vital part in New York City's early 21st century rock renaissance or bask in the glory of their hugely successful 15th anniversary tour celebrating the seminal 2002 debut Turn On the Bright Lights, the trio have been quietly (sorry, LOUDLY) working on making sure they're not just a cultural timepiece for music historians to study. The result is Marauder: an album that sways as well as it seduces, that pounds as well as it pouts, and that batters as well as it broods.