Saturday, March 29, 2008

Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell


The thing that makes this album so refreshing is its emphasis on rhythm. Tokyo Police Club utilizes the power of combing bass, piano, and drums in a nearly flawless way in every single song. The prominence of the rhythm section allows for a very “full” and unbroken sound in which each instrument fills the gaps that are often left empty in most other musical productions. This strong combination also puts a lot of weight on the melodic importance of the vocals, but somehow they never falter. These musicians have found a balance seldom found in any music, let alone on the debut CD from some Canadian indie kids. This music definitely has depth and these songs are worth spending a lot of time with.



Tokyo Police Club - Graves
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for writing this.