Paul Banks, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for Interpol, finally steps fully out from behind his Julian Plenti alter-ego on his second solo album Banks. Following this summer’s limited edition (and now sold out) EP, the new album is a tour-de-force of mechanized, minor key intensity.
Recorded in New York and Connecticut with producer Peter Katis (Interpol, The National, Shearwater and Jónsi, among others), Banks is by turn bleak, sad and exhilarating. Featuring some of Banks’ most complex song structures yet, tracks like ‘The Base’ and ‘Young Again’ explore topics ranging from military alienation and loss of childhood “I’m young again, thanks a lot – I feel young again, ra ra,” Banks sings, to a background of mournful, treated guitars, backward masking and raw strings.
Paul will be hitting the existing Interpol fanbase with underplays prior to street, a Reddit AMA and a new Twitter handle. He has also been active in the urban world lately, appearing on EI P’s latest album, covering J Dilla, collaborating with RZA, planning production work with Chad Hug0 of the Neptunes and producing a mixtape for Datpiff.
Banks is out 19 October 2012 via Remote Control and Spotify are hosting a very intimate and secret listing party in Melbourne!
So if you’re OVER THE AGE OF 18 and are available on Monday 15 October from 6pm and can be somewhere in the city of Melbourne, leave your details below.
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