# Paul Banks Forms Berlin Project Band

> Paul Banks prepares new album with Liars' Aaron Hemphill in Berlin.
- Title: Paul Banks Forms Berlin Project Band · NME | Shortify
- Summary: Paul Banks prepares new album with Liars' Aaron Hemphill in Berlin. Paul Banks is releasing an album with a Berlin-based band formed with Liars' Aaron…
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- Source: NME — https://nme.com/news/music/interpols-paul-banks-is-readying-an-album-with-a-new-band-he-formed-with-liars-aaron-hemphill-in-berlin-3972835
- Published: 2026-10-09T17:33:14+00:00
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- Topics: paul banks, aaron hemphill, berlin project, liars, interpol, berlin, music, culture
## Paul Banks starts Berlin Project
Paul Banks confirmed he is working on a new album with a band he formed in Berlin with Liars' Aaron Hemphill.
## Berlin Project with Raife Burchell
The Berlin Project includes Raife Burchell from London, whom Banks met boxing and who is often in Berlin.
## Banks and Hemphill since 2004
Banks and Hemphill have known each other since Liars toured with Interpol in 2004.
## Berlin Project album timeline
Banks has been working on the Berlin Project album for three years, with a release expected next year.
## Key takeaway

Paul Banks is releasing an album with a Berlin-based band formed with Liars' Aaron Hemphill.