Based on Tokyo Police Club’s debut album ‘Elephant Shell’ they are a strange breed of band. There are elements to their sound, specifically the über-polished elements, which almost turn you off. Almost. But there is simply far too much about this outfit to get excited about. Firstly they are Canadian, and you wish you were Canadian. Secondly, the album was released on Saddle Creek. Thirdly, and crucially, they seem to have a fresh, different, brilliant idea for every day of the calendar year.
And so it goes that ‘Favourite Food’, the opening track from the new album ‘Champ’, sounds like nothing they have done before, yet provides exactly what you were hoping for. Bastards! The trend simply continues throughout the album. ‘Breakneck Speed’; is infectious as hell, ‘Bambi’; is creative as hell, ‘Hands Reversed’; is melancholic as hell, and ‘Frankenstein’; is a hell raiser, albeit a slow-burning one.
Tokyo Police Club have a knack for writing songs that sit somewhere between indie and straight-out pop with a healthy slab of old-school punk rock spirit. You can probably deduce from my transcribed salivation that their music is increasingly becoming part of my staple diet. It ought to be part of yours too.
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Post by Kenny the Scientologist innit
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