November 26, 2004

Interpol Gives Fans A Touch Of Evil

By MTVE.com

After Interpol ring in the new year, the quartet with a penchant for wearing black will bestow upon its fans a touch of evil.

"Evil" is poised to be the next single off Interpol's latest album, Antics, according to a Matador Records spokesperson. It follows the band's current single, "Slow Hands." A video was shot earlier this month, before the group left for its European tour, and is currently being edited. The clip and the radio single are expected to surface in mid-January.

Directed by photographer Charlie White, the clip marks the first time the photogenic band won't star in its own video. Instead, the protagonist will be a Sesame Street-style puppet created by the same animatronics wizards who worked on the films Hellboy and the forthcoming Fantastic Four. Injured and barely alive following a tragic accident, the puppet "sings" the lyrics to "Evil" to dramatize the song's theme of losing one's self after a trauma.