

However, despite its rocky production, the group was ultimately happy with the album. In a 2018 interview with Vice, lead singer Paul Banks claimed that tensions within the band, particularly regarding Dengler's departure, made the album "hard and unpleasant to make" and that "we suffered for this record a lot". Interpol was released to lukewarm critical reception, with some critics negatively comparing it to their prior albums.

Bassist Carlos Dengler left shortly after the album's completion. The self-produced album was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village.

Interpol is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Interpol, released on September 7, 2010, through Matador Records.
