Tokyo Police Club have shared the new song “Just A Scratch.”
Read More “Tokyo Police Club – “Just a Scratch””Review: Tokyo Police Club – Forcefield
Have you ever felt like an album compelled you to buy it? That strange, out of body experience that lures you towards the record in hopes that you’ll take a chance on listening to it? Funny enough, that seemed to happen to me in the case of Tokyo Police Club and their third studio album, Forcefield. I was browsing the record bins at my local shop when I saw behind the counter a white-covered LP that simply said “Tokyo Police Club – Forcefield” in a faded-stylized stamp. Having heard of the band through my friend at work, there was something in the world that told me I needed to have that record. What I wasn’t expecting when I first let the needle hit the vinyl was for Tokyo Police Club to quickly become one of my favorite bands in the world. Forcefield takes your breath away, from the early opus of “Argentina” to the cautious closing of “Feel The Effect,” the 9-song LP hits all the intended targets and still left room for future growth on subsequent releases. I would later backtrack through the band’s catalog of their debut EP, A Lesson In Crime, their first full-length of Elephant Shell, and the brilliance found on their breakthrough record, Champ. Forcefield still holds its own to this day, albeit ten years down the road from its release, and I’m just as drawn in to its magic.
Read More “Tokyo Police Club – Forcefield”Tokyo Police Club Share Final Songs
Tokyo Police Club have shared their final two songs, “Just a Scratch” and “Catch Me If You Can.”
Read More “Tokyo Police Club Share Final Songs”Tokyo Police Club Call it a Day
Tokyo Police Club have decided to break up.
Read More “Tokyo Police Club Call it a Day”Tokyo Police Club – “Top 5”
Tokyo Police Club have shared the previously unreleased “Top 5.”
Read More “Tokyo Police Club – “Top 5””Review: Tokyo Police Club – Champ
While I was planning to write about Tokyo Police Club’s 10-year anniversary of Champ last June, I never got around to finishing my retrospective. So, this one goes to 11. This is one of those great indie rock records that has aged gracefully and ended up being the breakthrough album for Tokyo Police Club. Champ followed up their debut, Elephant Shell, and showcased the growth in the four musicians that made up the band. Frontman and bassist Dave Monks sounded as captivating and confident as he ever did on this album, and Greg Alsop, Josh Hook, and Graham Wright helped solidify the band’s great chemistry here. The album was produced by Rob Schnapf (Beck, Saves the Day, Elliott Smith) and he really was able to get the best out of the band on Champ.
Read More “Tokyo Police Club – Champ”Tokyo Police Club – “Ready to Win” Video
Tokyo Police Club have released a video for “Ready to Win.”
Review: Tokyo Police Club – TPC
On TPC, the self-titled and fourth full-length LP from Tokyo Police Club, they crank up the guitars and hone in on their songwriting. Coming off of two quick EPs, entitled Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness (Part I and II), after the success of my favorite effort to date by the band, Forcefield, Tokyo Police Club wanted to reinvent themselves once again. What we are left with is a solid mix of guitar-driven rock by a band still trying to figure out who they are.
Starting off the 12-song set is the track called “New Blues,” that reminded me a bit of the garage-rock style of The Strokes with Dave Monks trademark earnest vocal delivery. When Monks sings, “Battle cry, I can barely sleep/It happens every single time/It’s in my heart/It’s in my soul/For once I don’t want it to be denied,” you can feel every heartbeat and drop of emotion that went into the song. It also doesn’t hurt to have a very talented guitarist backing Monks’ words in Josh Hook, who certainly lives up to his last name by crafting several key hooks in many of the memorable songs found on this album.
Tokyo Police Club Stream New Album
The new album from Tokyo Police Club can be streamed below via All Music.
Tokyo Police Club – “Simple Dude” Video
Tokyo Police Club have released a video for “Simple Dude.”
Tokyo Police Club Announce New Album
Tokyo Police Club will release their new album, TPC, on October 5th.
Tokyo Police Club – “Hercules”
Tokyo Police Club have released their new song “Hercules.”
Tokyo Police Club – “DLTFWYH”
Tokyo Police Club have debuted their new song “DLTFWYH.”
Tokyo Police Club – “New Blues”
Tokyo Police Club have released the new song “New Blues.”
Tokyo Police Club Stream “PCH”
Tokyo Police Club’s new song “PCH” can be found on YouTube or by hitting read more.