Reading 2011: Interpol Reveal Future Plans

Speaking to DIY at Reading Festival prior to their Main Stage set yesterday (Sunday 28th August), Interpol told us they’ll soon be working on some new material.

‘We’ve been touring so much over the last year,’ the band - who last released an album in 2010 - revealed. ‘When we tour, it’s really just about touring, and writing is about writing, so we keep the two separate.

‘We’ll finish up soon enough and we’ll take a little break and start thinking about the next stuff. We have about one more week on this leg and then we just have one more run through South America and then we’ll take a break.

‘I try to write a little bit but I try not to sweat it, not since the first record. I think we’ve all realised that the road is not a very private place to do things, it’s not very atmospheric. Soundchecks, waking up in a different hotel every day and sleeping on buses. For me, it’s easier to keep it separate.

‘I like it because you really starve the creativity side and then when you get off the road, you have all this new energy and it comes from a completely new place to the last time you started writing.’

Check back for the full interview later in the week.