NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Saddle Creek) - The debut LP from Tokyo
Police Club, Elephant Shell, was released on April 22.
The band has many new tour dates, including an opening slot on the upcoming Weezer tour! TPC will do some club dates on their own throughout September before hitting the arenas starting September 23. A full list of dates is below.
Following 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 released their debut album Elephant Shell on April 22.
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 bridging the gap), which has sold over 30,000 copies and garnered 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.
Tokyo Police Club was formed in 2005 by David Monks (vocals, bass), Josh Hook (guitar), Graham Wright (keyboards), and Greg Alsop (drums). Elephant Shell is the sound of these four early-20- somethings, now seasoned by hundreds of shows from tiny clubs to the festival throngs at Coachella and Glastonbury, delivering on every bit of promise in their 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 first single "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.
Tokyo Police Club - Fall 2008
Wed-Sep-10, Athens, GA, 40 Watt
Fri-Sep-12, Austin, TX, Emo's
Sun-Sep-14, Denver, CO, Monolith at Red Rocks
Mon-Sep-15, Salt Lake City, UT, Urban Outfitters
Tue-Sep-16, Las Vegas, NV, Wasted Space
Wed-Sep-17, Costa Mesa, CA, Detroit Bar
Thu-Sep-18, Los Angeles, CA, Henry Fonda Theatre
Fri-Sep-19, Pomona, CA, Glass House
Sat-Sep-20, San Diego, CA, Street Scene
Sun-Sep-21, San Francisco, CA, Treasure Island
Tue-Sep-23, Boston, MA, Tsongas Arena
Wed-Sep-24, New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
Fri-Sep-26, Atlantic City, NJ, Borgata Casino
Sat-Sep-27, Philadelphia, PA, Susquehanna Center
Mon-Sep-29, Detroit, MI, The Palace of Auburn Hills
Tue-Sep-30, Toronto, ON, Air Canada Center
Thu-Oct-02, Chicago, IL, All State Arena
Fri-Oct-03, St. Paul, MN, Xcel Arena
Sun-Oct-05, Denver, CO, Broomfield Events Center
Tue-Oct-07, Salt Lake City, UT, E Center
Thu-Oct-09, Portland OR, Memorial Coliseum
Fri-Oct-10, Vancouver, BC, GM Place
Sat-Oct-11, Seattle, WA, Key Arena
Mon-Oct-13, San Jose, CA, Events Center
Tue-Oct-14, Los Angeles, CA, The Forum
Fri-Oct-17, San Diego, CA, Cox Arena
Sat-Oct-18, Phoenix, AZ, Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Mon-Oct-20, Austin, TX, Frank Erwin Center
Tue-Oct-21, Dallas, TX, Nokia Theater
Thu-Oct-23, Houston, TX, Reliant Arena
Sat-Oct-25, Atlanta, GA, Gwinnett Arena
Sun-Oct-26, New Orleans, LA, Voodoo Music Experience
Wed-Oct-29, Philadelphia, PA, First Unitarian Church
Thu-Oct-30, Boston, MA, Boston University
9/23-10/25 with Weezer
