Vinyl LP pressing plus download. 2012 solo album from the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for Alt-Rock favorites Interpol. Paul Banks finally steps fully out from behind his Julian Plenti alter-ego on his second solo album. Following this summer's limited edition (and now sold out) EP, the 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, J?nsi among others), Banks is by turns bleak, sad and exhilarating. Featuring some of Banks's most complex song structures yet.