What's In A Name?

Toronto's Tokyo Police Club have a strange name. Their music is frantic and sometimes downright spastic. Their lyrics are jumbled and random. Yet, this young Canadian four-piece is quite entrancing. Their latest album, Elephant Shell from April of this year is on Saddle Creek Records. It isn't even 30 minutes long! Despite being a very short LP, there is so much happening on this record that it takes several listens to get a grip on the chaos!

On the first listen, the songs speed past so fast you aren't really sure what's happening. The only real breaks come with 'The Harrowing Adventures Of...' and ' Listen to the Math'. Though these are only slightly slower songs, they prove that Tokyo Police Club can slow down when they want and still be effective.

These guys are another one of those bands that will have you rambling off random lines from songs you can't even remember for days on end. If you have the patience to sift through the chaos for the beauty beneath the surface, I'm sure you'll dig this record! They seriously rock! And I anticipate that they will for some time to come!