TPC.
| Tokyo Police Club
TPC.
TPC is the fourth studio album released by the Canadian band Tokyo Police Club on October 5, 2018 through Mom + Pop in North America and Memphis Industries in the UK/Europe.
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Exclaim!
While TPC doesn't have the character and charisma of Champ nor the flash and pizzazz of Forcefield, it's still a distinctly Tokyo Police Club record and offers plenty to enjoy if you can forgive its shortcomings. It's a fun but flawed record by a group that still has more left to offer.
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Spill Magazine
As a whole, TPC is a satisfactory album. I anticipated more but it is nice that the band is doing what they want to and not conforming to what pleases a mainstream audience.
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Indie Is Not A Genre
TPC is proof that an album can be casual but not careless. There is value in simplicity, and some of the best art isn’t complicated.
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Under the Radar Mag
The singing is unique and a little rough around the edges and may take some time to get used to. But like most good records, TPC requires a few good spins before the goodness sinks in.
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New Noise Magazine
TPC is a beautiful exploration of how to craft easygoing tunes without sacrificing songcraft. Tokyo Police Club are at their creative pinnacle, because they’ve rekindled that old friendship.
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All Music
On the heels of 2014's Forcefield and a pair of EPs in 2016, Tokyo Police Club returns with TPC, a guitar-driven, uptempo jaunt through a dozen tracks that blend an enthusiasm for melody with a sense of drama that brings to mind Billy Corgan's better moments.
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QRO Mag
TPC has the bopping pop songs that Tokyo Police Club have had going back to Lesson, such as single “Hercules” and bright “Edgy”. But there are also some quite nice sadder pieces, from relaxed resign opener “New Blues” to swaying close “Daisy Chain”. Singer/guitarist Dave Monks even strips down to acoustic for the tribute to fucking up “Ready to Win”.
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MXDWN
The last track worth mentioning on the album is “Unseen,” which stands out and feels like a ballad in the composition of it all. The instrumentals are beautiful on this track, which is great because the last thirty seconds are designated to something really beautiful, making for a strong highlight in a fairly strong album.
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Canadian Beats Media
If you’re a fan of Tokyo Police Club but may feel at times they need to hit the reset button, this album is one you don’t want to miss out on.
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Music Connection
TPC strengthens the notion that music is best made unfiltered.
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The Indiecator
TPC once again tries to upend everything you’d expect from a Tokyo Police Club album…just like its predecessors.
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Culture Addicts
It’s a collection of fully collaborative songs that finds the band through with being cool, through with doubting themselves, and through with wasting time. ‘TPC’ is self-titled – almost – because it’s Tokyo Police Club circa 2018: scarred but smarter, experienced but fresh, older and wiser but fully re-energized.
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Mystic Sons
It is a shame to see a once great band move into this stage of their career, but Tokyo Police Club just don't seem to have the same enthusiasm for their music as they once did. 'TPC' slips quietly into that forgettable era of disposable indie music that just doesn't have the legs to carry itself throughout.
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Brighton's Finest
“The feeling that we were so close to breaking up gave us the freedom to enjoy each other more, to enjoy making music together,” explained Alsop. This has resulted in a terrific record full of the catchy chord progressions, neat guitar riffs and decisive tempo shifts we’ve been accustomed to from the Canadian band.
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