Paul delivers some of his most disarming & heartfelt lyrics to date, far removed from his often detached anomie with Interpol.

As Interpol’s front man, Paul Banks has largely been a cipher; while certainly not lacking in charisma, his sardonic manner & dry sense of humour often polarised & confounded listeners & critics alike. his first solo album found him assuming the alter ego of Julian Plenti but he’s now jettisoned this for ‘Banks’, credited to Paul Banks (as was its preceding EP). Whereas 2009’s Julian Plenti ‘Is…Skyscraper’ album was culled largely from songs pre-dating Interpol, ‘Banks’ is a vivid documentation of Banks in the here & now & may be his most personal work to date.