Tokyo Police Club - DLTFWYH

1. Who are they? 

Tokyo Police Club are a popular indie rock band from New Market, Ontario, Canada. They started playing together in 2005. 


2. What?

DLTFWYH (Don’t Let Them Fuck With Your Heart) (July’18) is a single from their fourth album TPC (Oct’18). 


3. Who are Tokyo Police Club similar to? 

Arkells, Ra Ra Riot, and Said The Whale. 


4. What have the press said about DLTFWYH?

“Anticipatory verses and a crashing chorus” – Paste. 

“Essentially one long buildup to a boisterous explosion of guitars” – Consequence Of Sound. 

“A bit of alternative twang” – All Things Go Music. 

5. Which bands are Tokyo Police Club's influences? 

The Strokes, Weezer, Plastic Ono Band, Led Zeppelin, and Royal Headache. 

6. Why should I give DLTFWYH a listen? 

DLTFWYH has a structure that builds tension and releases it better than expensive Thai pussy. The influence of Led Zeppelin is evident in the song structure and the tune eschews the lighter pop of some of their previous efforts. DLTFWYH sounds like Tokyo Police Club got a new lease of life. It sounds electric. It sounds vital.

7. What are Tokyo Police Club's best songs? 

The House, Hot Tonight, and Toy Guns.

8. Anything else? 

TPC was produced by Rob Schnapf (The Vines, FIDLAR, Saves The Day).

Tokyo Police Club - My House

1. Who are they? 

Tokyo Police Club are an indie rock band from Newmarket, Canada. Kicking it since 2005 the lads have four albums in the bag. My House (Sept'16) is the lead single released from the new E.P. Mellon Collon And The Infinite Radness, Part 2 (Sept'16). 

2. What have they got to offer? 

My House is a languid little banger that stomps along in the verses. The rest is scattergun.

3. Who do Tokyo Police Club sound like?

Weezer - lite. The Arkells. 

4. What have the press said about My House? 

“Stout riffs stomp and chug along before giving way to a sweeping, panoramic chorus” – Consequence Of Sound. 

“Big on pop-crunch guitar” – Exclaim.

“A crunchy, catchy pop-rock song” – Sugar Creek Sound. 

5. Which bands have influenced Tokyo Party Club?

Some of the main influences are Pulp, The Strokes, Weezer, Bloc Party and HAIM.


6. Why should I give My House a fair crack of the whip?

The stomp of the riff in the verse has echoes of Weezer's stone cold legendary tune El Scorcho.


7. Do Tokyo Police Club have any other bangers?

Hot Tonight is an light little feel-good indie belter. Your English Is Good and Toy Guns make up the tail end of a tasty threesome.


8. Any more words petal?

My House was written and recorded with Rostam Batmanglij, the dude who used to be in Vampire Weekend. 

“Whatever you do, I guess it doesn’t matter if no one else knows it?”

Bloc Party are a popular English indie rock band from London, England. Getting the party rocking since 1999 they have released five fantastic albums and had sold over three million albums by 2012. The first three Bloc Party albums all charted in the top five in the U.K. album charts. The Love Within (Oct'15) was the lead single for the album Hymns (Feb'16) and is a tune NME described as “narcotic dancefloor euphoria” and Pitchfork as “an indie disco-pop hybrid.”

“The love within is moving upwards,

So don’t you want to get high?”

The Best Indie Songs of 2014 - Tokyo Police Club

Tokyo Police Club Hot Tonight (Jan’14) is the song they play at the party you want to be in. It’s light, dreamy, Stone Roses type verses with a tight as a nun’s cunt indie pop rock chorus. All “ooh oohs”, trippy drums and guitar jangle but the rocket touches down on the sweet spot.

Tokyo Police Club come soaring out of Newmarket, Canada. They have been firing it up since 2005. 

Hot Tonight was the first sortie from their fourth mission Forcefield (March’14).

Wingmen for Tokyo Police Club include Pulp, Blur, Bloc Party, Weezer and the Pixies. 

Ready for battle? You’ll need a re-supply so try these heavy hitters Toy Guns,Your English Is Good and Boots Of Danger.

 

Well there is no small dose of 90’s Brit pop in Tokyo Police Club so let’s have a little clap of our own with one of the most infectious tracks of the day…Pulp and Common People (1995).