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Paul Banks, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for Interpol, 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 new album is a tour-de-force of mechanized, minor-key intensity.