{"id":102628,"date":"2020-01-17T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/?p=102628"},"modified":"2020-01-17T00:00:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T05:00:49","slug":"tokyo-police-club-the-saviours-of-punk-pop-you-havent-heard-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvobsessive.com\/2020\/01\/17\/tokyo-police-club-the-saviours-of-punk-pop-you-havent-heard-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Police Club: The Saviours of Punk-Pop You Haven’t Heard Of"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sometimes bands do not get their due. Sometimes they just come at an awkward time, when music on its permanent circular pattern of what’s cool, is between genres. Late last decade music, or more specifically rock music, was in a weird place. Foo Fighters and Green Day were still filling stadiums, Arcade Fire were about to break through, but The Killers and The Strokes had already fizzled out mostly after strong starts, and Kings of Leon were about to work themselves into irrelevance. It feels like we were not settled on a genre, nu-metal was long gone, electro-pop hadn’t hit yet, and pop-punk was done, emo was going strong with the likes of Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance, but that never seemed to invade the mainstream with a sudden chart hit.<\/p>\n
In amongst this confusion, a Canadian four-piece made their debut. Formed in 2005, Tokyo Police Club consists of bassist and lead singer David Monks, guitarist Josh Hook, drummer Greg Alsop and keyboard player Graham Wright. They released a couple of EP’s in 2006 and 2007 on Canadian indie record labels before releasing their full-length album Elephant Shell<\/em> in 2008. The Strokes very much influence the sound of Tokyo Police Club on these early releases. The vocals are similar as are the rhythms, the guitar and the relatively flat lo-fi nature of the tracks as a whole. Elephant Shell<\/em> is a pretty good album, but its one of those albums that is just good to put on in the background to whatever you are doing rather than sitting with and absorbing any nuance. At a mere 28 minutes long it doesn’t outstay its welcome and contains the single ‘Your English is Good’, which is very much an indication of what direction the band were about to head in.<\/p>\n