Album review: Tokyo Police Club - 'Champ'...
Are you as fed up as the rest of us of hearing bands say they are releasing a more “grown-up” second album? All too often, they’re just trying to dress up what is really little more than a yawnsome borefest. But this Canadian four-piece...
Tokyo Police Club
“I try, but I’ll never be a gentleman”, coos David Monks on this second slice from the jangle-pop quiche that is TPC’s debut, but who is he trying to kid? The only way this could be any more polite is if it came inscribed on a series of...
Tokyo Police Club
In the current “In Crisis!” music industry climate, where the buzz around bands is capitalised upon within hours, underwhelming albums are rushed out in minutes and careers are over in seconds, the Tokyo Police Club story is something of an...
Tokyo Police Club
‘Tessellate’ would be perfect for the heavyhanded bit at the end of a Scrubs episode where a child dies in surgery and Zach Braff blames it on himself. And that’s just about the most interesting thing about it. Everything about...
Tokyo Police Club
Tokyo Police Club place a high premium on time. They evidently don’t believe in wasting it, as their debut album manages to rattle through its 11 songs in a mere 28 minutes. That’s less time than it takes most bands to plug in and only a...
Tokyo Police Club
Those who write off Tokyo Police Club as “watered-down Strokes” are probably the same people who say that Oasis were “just ripping off The Beatles”. Look, you illiterate dog-botherers, you’re allowed to nick stuff, provided you turn it...
Tokyo Police Club, Camden Barfly, London,...
When these Canadians turned up at CMJ last year with a trunkful of catchy contraband tunes, industry and fans alike went beserk. One masterclass in scuzz-pop later (recent mini-album ‘A Lesson In Crime’), and with the furore showing no sign of...
Tokyo Police Club: A Lesson In Crime
“Absolute truth,” once said Hunter S Thompson, “is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.” With that in mind, let’s just say that it’s extremely unlikely any of this lot have even been to Tokyo,...
