The alter ego of Interpol's Paul Banks, Julian Plenti creates darkly moving music, not dissimilar to his main band's oeuvre, but slightly stripped down and with just a hint more light. Plenti's musical career is actually slightly longer than that of Banks' other project: Banks conceived of Plenti in 1996 and began performing as an acoustic solo artist in 1998, playing venues including the Knitting Factory and Tobacco Road. He continued writing and performing as Plenti while Interpol's fame grew, but Plenti took a sabbatical around 2003. In 2006, Banks revived the Plenti work when he began experimenting with the recording software Logic Pro and demoed new and old songs, which would form the genesis of the 2009 debut, JULIAN PLENTI IS SKYSCRAPER.