El Pintor

El Pintor is the fifth studio album by Interpol. It was released on September 9, 2014 in North America on Matador Records.

The album title, which means “the painter” in Spanish, is an anagram of Interpol.

It is the band’s first album without bassist Carlos Dengler, who departed the band after the self-titled release in 2010. The role of bass was taken over by frontman Paul Banks, and the album features guest appearances by Brandon Curtis of The Secret Machines, Jellyfish’s Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. and Rob Moose of Bon Iver.