Paul Banks (Interpol) Solo Effort

Paul Banks of Interpol will release a solo album, Julian Plenti Is...Skyscraper via Matador on August 4. Both NME and Billboard have verified that the alias Julian Plenti, is , in fact Paul Banks. Meanwhile pitchfork reports that Banks performed as Plenti prior to his days in Interpol, and the mysterious Plenti received engineering credit on Banks' "NARC" special edition remix of Antics.