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Tokyo Police Club |
mtvU
New York
Graduation Date: 2009
CONGRATULATIONS to OLAN ROGERS-
THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR GREAT PITCHES.
Following on one of the most well received 16 minutes of music in recent history (2006's A Lesson In Crime EP), Newmarket Ontario's Tokyo Police Club will release a debut album entitled Elephant Shell, due out late April on Saddle Creek in North America and Memphis Industries in the UK.
Elephant Shell lands roughly a year and half after A Lesson In Crime (with last year's Smith EP and "Your English Is Good" digi-single and a ton of touring also bridging the gap) and barely four years from the band's 2005 formation. Not bad for four friends who learned to play during senior year in high school, later naming themselves for a nonsensical lyric from the song that would become track one on their first EP, which would in turn sell over 70,000 copies-probably about 69,000 more than they expected-and garner accolades from Entertainment Weekly ("We can hardly wait for the full length A-), Rolling Stone ("If only all young guitar bands were smart enough to rock out this fast, banging out seven first-rate mod-punk party starters in barely more than sixteen minutes"), Interview, Blender, Nylon and The New York Times among others.
If bassist/vocalist David Monks once described the band's music as "wide-eyed post-punk with a tendency to get over excited-so much so that someone has to come and tell it to settle down," Elephant Shell is the sound of four early-20-somethings now seasoned through hundreds of shows from tiny clubs to the festival throngs at Coachella and Glastonbury, maturing a bit and learning to temper and modulate their own more varied musical moods. Or maybe Canada's socialized health care means easier access to generic Ritalin and Adderall?
Either way, Elephant Shell delivers on every bit of promise in Tokyo Police Club's rapid-fire barrage of material to date. The opening one-two of "Centennial" and "In A Cave" barely evaporates before "Graves" and "Juno" pack innumerable hooks and "what-does-that-remind-me-of" glimmers into meager 2-minute-and-change frameworks, while "Tessellate" and "Sixties Remake" encapsulate everything great about the manic TPC live experience: soaring guitar signatures and keyboard figures, driving backbeats and irresistible singalongs abound. Elsewhere, "The Harrowing Adventures Of..." and the down tempo standout "Listen To The Math" find our young protagonists ably adapting their energy into more subdued structures before the rousing coda of "The Baskervilles" brings the record to an all-too-early halt.
Personnel
* Greg Alsop - Drums, Percussion
* Josh Hook - Guitar, Percussion
* Dave Monks - Vocals, Bass
* Graham Wright - Keyboards, Vocals
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Dan Scott
3/16 11:33 PM
Hey Guys-
Just submitted two treatments with links to the full resolution versions with pictures and all. Thanks for the contest. Hope you like them.
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Lee
3/15 8:56 PM
Hey, just submitted my pitch!
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Alex
3/12 7:42 PM
hey guys, i got that treatment posted. check it out. and also, tell me what you think! i am definitely open to hear your guys' opinions, criticisms, and ideas. hope you dig it!!
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Alex
3/12 1:57 AM
hey guys, i am working on a great idea with an original structure and creative presentation that really fits with the imagery you guys created with the lyrics in the chorus. it'll be up as soon as i make some final tweeks. hope you dig it.
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Ilya
3/9 10:39 PM
Hey, I just submitted, hope you guys like my idea...this could be a LOT of fun.
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Tokyo Police
3/6 6:28 PM
If you want it - come and get it....
We loved your ideas. A little Risqué perhaps, but funny & sexy. You know you can submit 2 more treatments. THX
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ross
3/6 10:50 AM
i will win this s**t
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