Take note, the title is a reference to The Kinks.
Anyways, I decided that I'm going to start a blog series on people from successful bands who also have solo albums or just plain went solo...and made good albums.
So, to kick things off is Julian Plenti, aka. Paul Banks of Interpol. Paul Banks (I'll refer to him by his real name because I still can't get used to calling him Julian Plenti...I don't know why) the genius behind Interpol's vocals, made a solo album called Julian Plenti is...Skyscraper going under the pseudonym "Julian Plenti". Overall the album has some great songs on it and in my opinion, is criminally underrated. Everyone is like "Oh, Interpol is so awesome" and then has never even heard of Julian Plenti (I'll refer to the album as Julian Plenti). I feel like while Interpol on its own is already deep and very perplexing (in a good way), Julian Plenti takes it a step farther - like the brain child of a musician and a philosopher. There's "Only If You Run" which is fantastically catchy but also sort of ominous and like a warning and of course, the single "Games for Days". "Games for Days" is an AMAZING song and I couldn't believe that I had not ever heard it before on the radio or anything, especially since the aesthetic of it is so playable. It also doesn't hurt that the music video for it features Emily Haines (yes, of Metric) spray painting "This is how we learn" (a line from the chorus) onto the wall and Paul Banks looking on with his super badass expression. Overall, Julian Plenti shows a softer side of Paul Banks as a musician that seems even more complex than he is with Interpol and is definitely worth listening too.
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