Julian Plenti

Paul Julian Banks (born 3 May 1978) is an English American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer, lyricist and guitarist of the rock band Interpol. Banks is also a solo artist under the name Julian Plenti. As a singer, Banks' voice lies in the baritone range. Banks released a solo album under the name Julian Plenti on 4 August 2009 entitled Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper. Banks claims to have multiple solo projects and monikers in mind. He released a five song EP entitled Julian Plenti Lives... on 26 June 2012. His second full-length studio album, Banks was announced on 6 August 2012 and was released on 22 October 2012. As of 15 August 2012, it would appear that Banks laid to rest the use of the alter-ego, "Julian Plenti" as on the official site of InterpolNYC, the name is referred to as "ditched". Also, the domain URL for the Julian Plenti website is as of this time deactivated and all mentions of the character removed from Banks' official Twitter account.