Newmarket, Ontario's Tokyo Police Club released their debut EP A Lesson In Crime in 2006. For a band who made their name through minute-and-a-half songs and music blog buzz, that's an awfully long time ago.
In Internet years, Tokyo Police Club are just about ready for retirement. As a group of underage buddies from the Toronto suburbs, their antsy take on post-Strokes rock was an easy upload for music blogs upon the 2006 release of their snappy A Lesson in Crime EP. Back then, their chances of living beyond the next Hype Machine cycle was anyone's guess, and any notions of longevity seemed moot for a band that preferred to wrap things up around the two-minute mark. But as other 2006 indie upstarts like Annuals, Be Your Own Pet, and Voxtrot have blown up or faded away, Tokyo Police Club endure. This is not a coincidence.
Toronto’s Tokyo Police Club were one of the earlier pioneers of blog buzz, forming in 2005 and grabbing mentions on vapid reality shows like The Hills only a couple of years later; thus their commercial appeal. TPC’s high-energy, anthemic guitar pop may not be overly complicated, nor are their shows unpredictable, but their music is kind of like that old boyfriend you keep going back to: they’re dependable, but not challenging. TPC’s records often fall on the safe side — that is to say, catchy and appropriate for a beer-buzzed summertime BBQ, but that’s about it.
Favorite tracks:
Favourite Food, Wait Up (Boots of Danger), Bambi (10)
Rated on: March 18, 2020
1 | Favourite Food 3:55 | |
2 | Favourite Colour 2:38 | |
3 | Breakneck Speed 3:44 | |
4 | Wait Up (Boots of Danger) 3:08 | |
5 | Bambi 2:44 | |
6 | End of a Spark 3:37 | |
7 | Hands Reversed 3:19 | |
8 | Gone 3:04 | |
9 | Big Difference 2:57 | |
10 | Not Sick 2:56 | |
11 | Frankenstein 3:29 | |
12 | First Date Kit 2:35 feat. Born Ruffians |