Having first performed at Luna Lounge alongside peers such as the Strokes, Longwave, the National, and Stellastarr, Interpol is one of the bands associated with the New York indie music scene and one of several groups that emerged from the post-punk revival of the 2000s.

The band embarked on an anniversary tour for Turn On the Bright Lights in 2017, performing the album live in its entirety.

The band's sixth studio album, Marauder, was released in August 2018, and their seventh, The Other Side of Make-Believe, in July 2022.

Later, Kessler ran into Banks (whom he had first met in France) in New York City's East Village, and the pair discussed collaborating.

3 extended-play album, Drudy left the band to focus on Hot Cross and his label Level Plane Records.

Kessler recruited Fogarino, who worked at a local vintage clothing store and at the time considered retiring from music, to replace Drudy.

After self-releasing several EPs between 1998 and 2001, the band signed with Matador Records, a member of the independent Beggars Group, in early 2002.

Recorded at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the album's sound drew comparisons to post-punk groups of the early 1980s and late 1970s, particularly Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen and the Smiths.

[11] The band regrouped in late 2003 to begin sessions for the follow-up album, again decamping to Tarquin Studios to record.

[11] The record also saw the band earn its first UK Top 40 hits with "Slow Hands", "Evil" and "C'mere" charting at No.

The Antics tour stretched on for almost 18 months, including playing as undercards for U2 and the Cure, and the band expressed feelings of exhaustion to BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe at a concert in Sunderland.

In an interview with Pitchfork Media, Fogarino stated "[the process is] moving right along where I think it should...we're all pretty much on fire about it".

On August 14, it was widely reported that Interpol had signed for Capitol Records, a fact confirmed by Matador on September 1 in a press release on their website.

The band intended to tour behind the album extensively, beginning with the summer festival circuit throughout the United States and Europe.

[19] No news about the album surfaced until late April when the band sent an email directing users to a free download of "Lights", the first officially released song.

[20] On June 22, 2010, a promotional video for "Lights", directed by Charlie White and featuring Lola Blanc, was made available for free download on the band's official website.

When the remaining members toured in support, he was replaced by multiple players, including David Pajo (formerly of Slint and many other bands) on bass, and Brandon Curtis of The Secret Machines on keyboards and vocals.

He stated that the remaining members of the band would be pursuing separate projects, one of which included a second solo album by Paul Banks.

[35] In June 2018, the band held a press conference in Mexico City and announced the Marauder release date, August 24, 2018.

[39] On March 28, the band announced a new EP, A Fine Mess, consisting of songs from the Marauder sessions that didn't make the final cut, with a release date of May 17, 2019.

Lead singer Paul Banks quickly addressed the issue by reassuring fans via Twitter that the album would be returned to streaming platforms.

[43] They began recording the album in London during 2021 alongside producers Flood and Alan Moulder, the latter of whom previously mixed Interpol (2010) and El Pintor (2014).

[45] On April 20, 2024, Interpol performed a free concert at the Zócalo in Mexico City to an estimated crowd of 160,000, the largest show of the band's career.

[46] In early 2007, Fogarino joined with former Swervedriver frontman Adam Franklin to form a side-project band called The Setting Suns.

In 2013, Fogarino, touring Interpol member Brandon Curtis, and Duane Denison formed EmptyMansions, who released their album snakes/vultures/sulfate via Riot House Records in April 2013.