Banks & Steelz - Anything But Words

Wu Tang Clan’s RZA and Interpol’s Paul Banks have teamed up for a musical collaboration under the name Banks & Steelz and have announced their upcoming debut album Anything But Words. The album will feature guest appearance by Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine, Kool Keith, and Wu Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah, Method Man and Masta Killa.

Banks & Steelz’ debut song Love and War is available now, along with a Reservoir Dogs-inspired official music video, directed by Arms Race. Love and War is the first song to be released from Banks & Steelz’s upcoming album, released August 26th via Warner Music Australia, and features Ghostface Killah.

"For love sometimes we find ourselves at war and the combatants may do anything to win,” RZA says of the song. “For me love is worth fighting for, as long as love is not lost."

The Wu Producer/MC and Interpol frontman first began working on music together in 2013. RZA told Rolling Stone at the time that the idea to collaborate with Banks sparked after RZA’s manager asked him who he wanted to do an album with. “When I met Paul, I recognized the New York energy he has as a music artist. We got to know each other playing chess and vibing out in the studio. Our talents connected in a unique way and we started writing songs. The outcome was something distinctively different from my previous work, yet with another layer of cool.”

Giant, the second single from Anything But Words, is also now available and was produced by John Hill and Kid Harpoon (Florence + The Machine). The track can be heard in a trailer for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, a new video fame that will be available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.

ANYTHING BUT WORDS TRACK LISTING:

Giant

Ana Electronic

Sword In The Stone (Feat. Kool Keith)

Speedway Sonora

Wild Season (Feat. Florence Welch)

Anything But Words

Conceal

Love And War (Feat. Ghostface Killah)

Can’t Hardly Feel

One By One

Gonna Make It

Point Of View (Feat. Method Man and Masta Killa)

Check out the guys at www.banksandsteelz.com

Enjoy!

VJ Zakk-E

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