Interpol @ the Manchester Albert Hall (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever)
Interpol have just premiered their official video for The Rover.
“I like to describe the video for The Rover as a prequel,” Paul Banks comments. “It’s the origin story of the character described in the song, the birth of a cult leader. When we meet him he is partly unhinged. He’s a man on the verge, an artist subjected to great pressures, and beset with existential frustrations. A distracted hipster who enjoys psychedelics, let’s say.”
“The events that take place in Mexico City, be it a bump on the head, a visit to a shaman, or the influence of his rescuers (the street gang known as ‘Los Locos’) trigger the birth – the eruption – of this new figure, “the rover.” His rescuers become his first followers.”
“In the end of the video he exacts his ‘revenge’ on Interpol with a mischievous act of disruption during the press conference. He grabs me by the head – to save me? Forgive me? Or simply as a gesture of his new independence – the butterfly becoming.”
The Rover is the lead single from Interpol’s new album The Marauder – released on August 24th and one which is being toured extensively from now through to November.
