Music like Paul Banks

Paul Julian Banks (born 3 May 1978) is an American–British musician, singer, songwriter, and DJ. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist, and guitarist of the rock band Interpol. He released a solo album called Julian Plenti is... Skyscraper in 2009 under the name Julian Plenti, though his solo material is now recorded under his real name. As a singer, his voice lies in the baritone range.

Banks was born in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, on 3 May 1978, to English parents. His father worked in a corporate job for an automobile manufacturer, and his employment required that their family relocate frequently. His family left England when Banks was three years old and moved to the United States, settling in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. They subsequently moved to Spain when he was around 12, and it was here that he studied at the American School of Madrid in Pozuelo de Alarcón before the family moved back to the U.S. to settle in New Jersey. His father was later transferred to Mexico, where Banks finished high school at the American School Foundation in Mexico City. Describing his childhood, Banks recalled: "We moved around like a military family, but we weren't a military family."