Tokyo Police Club’s still a young band and already they’ve given us two releases — the wave-making A Lesson In Crime EP, the sturdy Smith EP — but given TPC’s penchant for two-minute tunes, really it’s only fair this next platter come with more than four-to-six cuts. Saddle Creek snapped up the precocious post-punkers a while back and yes finally an LP is on its way, “In A Cave” being its first serving. Under three minutes (still), fuzzed-up bass (as always), handclaps (again), group chants (of course), but this time out TPC doesn’t sound like they’re in such a rush, allowing their uncanny knack for pop tracks to brush by a little more smoothly, to expand a bit more patiently. “Cave”‘s got nothing on our favorite TPC moment, but it is a fine look at what’s creeping out of their Elephant Shell.
Elephant Shell is out in the US on 4/22 via Saddle Creek, in the UK on 5/5/08 via Memphis Industries.
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Awesome. Love this band. They can do no wrong.
overhyped. nothing special here.
Sean Jean must be their manager.
If you like TPK, you might People in Planes, who have a free download available for their newest single: http://www.peopleinplanes.com/download/
Great band that should be on the cover of spin and play SNL instead of you know who
I’m starting to hate everyone who reads this blog but me. Totally useless. EVERYTHING SUCKS. I’M AWESOME.
great band, good song; i like it
I absolutely love A Lesson in Crime but they haven’t released a decient song since then. Did they peak on their EP?