New York City brooding rockers Interpol are set to release a brand new album in 2010, the “Slow Hands” four-piece’s first new material since 2007’s Our Love to Admire.

Fans of the well-dressed rockers have been kept satisfied with side projects from various Interpol members of late (including Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper, the recently released album from lead singer Paul Bands). Now, according to drummer Sam Fogarino, the band are back together and plan to have a new disc out sometime next autumn. Best of all, the new material harks back to their critically acclaimed 2002 debut, Turn On The Bright Lights.

“The new record falls back towards the first. In trying to move forward, there was an unspoken realisation that you can’t let go of your sonic-defining tag,” says Sam, revealing that the group are currently laying down tracks in NYC’s Electric Lady Studios. “There was an effort in [co-founder] Daniel [Kessler]’s guitar tone; he rediscovered it playing in his loft space for a year without anybody. The quality of that tone, played in a big room, is just beautiful. It creates an atmosphere ... That big wash of reverb? It’s back.”

The drummer also says Interpol are under no mistakes about the mixed reception their more “wacky” third release received. “[Our Love...] was not our most cohesive moment,” he admits. “It was when reality kicked in as to where we were and where we were never going back to.”