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Interpol singer to release Plenti-ful solo album

Paul Banks, the frontman of the NYC alt-rockers, has grown a moustache and assumed the alias Julian Plenti for his solo debutInterpol frontman Paul Banks is to release a "cocky, sexy" solo album, but not under his own name. Banks will masquerade as "Julian Plenti", a man with a moustache, for an album named Skyscraper.The project was announced on the Matador Records blog, with a photo showing Banks (or, er, Plenti) in an empty bar. Above him hangs a sign: "Julian Plenti is ... Skyscraper". Perha...

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21:30 on May 5 2009

Interpol frontman to release solo album

NME — Paul Banks takes on a new moniker more info

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10:07 on May 6 2009

Interpol singer to release Plenti-ful solo album

Guardian Music — Paul Banks, the frontman of the NYC alt-rockers, has grown a moustache and assumed the alias Julian Plenti for his solo debutInterpol frontman Paul Banks is to release a ... more info

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18:55 on May 5 2009

Interpol Singer Goes Solo As Julian Plenti

Stereogum — Paul Banks has taken solo songs, old and new, into the studio for a solo album. Allegedly they are "cocky" and "sexy." Hear mini-snippets at julianplenti.com, get more de... more info

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08:56 on May 6 2009