Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti is...Skyscraper

For those of you not in the know Julian Plenti is a pseudonym of Paul Banks of Interpol fame. If you don't know who interpol is then the rest of what i'm going to say wont make much sense. I'm not going to analyse the whole 'side project' angle of this album to conclude whether it is paul banks who makes interpol or interpol who makes paul banks. Many will disagree but i think the first four songs off this album could be drawn straight from an interpol album. Only if you run, Fun that we have, skyscraper, and games for days all share similarities with that interpol sound. having said that i think only games for days is in the same class as an interpol song. The album fades a bit in the middle for mine but is salvaged by the most unique song on the album Fly as you might near the end. Don't get me wrong this album is son much better than most of the offal out there but when you're dealing with the lead singer of one of the best bands in the world your expectations are high. It's still on high rotation on my playlist.