Although the release of their first full-length album is still a month away, Tokyo Police Club has started their US tour with a bang, selling out three nights in New York and two in Los Angeles among others.
The furor around the tour and upcoming album isn’t a complete surprise; the band’s 2006 EP A Lesson In Crime was perhaps the best received 16 minutes of music in recent history. Since then, TPC has toured virtually non-stop, pausing only to release last year’s Smith EP and digital-only single “Your English Is Good.” Elephant Shell (which will also be released in the UK on May 5th via Memphis Industries) features the single “Tessellate” and “In a Cave,” the latter of which was described by Pitchfork as “what these young Canadian dudes do best, barreling forward with a bouncy herky-jerk rhythm, braiding together several strands of ringing guitar, and filling in the spaces with those Day-Glo chords that made ‘Nature of the Experiment’ such a winner.”
Tokyo Police Club was formed in 2005 by David Monks (vocals, bass), Josh Hook (guitar), Graham Wright (keyboards), and Greg Alsop (drums). The complete track listing for Elephant Shell is:
1. Centennial
2. In A Cave
3. Graves
4. Juno
5. Tessellate
6. Sixties Remake
7. The Harrowing Adventures Of…
8. Nursery Academy
9. Your English Is Good
10. Listen To The Math
11. The Baskervilles
See below for all confirmed North American dates. This extensive tour will be followed by a UK/Europe run beginning in late May. For more information on the tour and upcoming album, please contact Steve Martin or Eliot Wadsworth at Nasty Little Man.
Mar. 24, 2008 The Independent – San Francisco, CA SOLD OUT
Mar. 25, 2008 The Glass House – Pomona, CA
Mar. 26, 2008 Troubadour – Hollywood, CA SOLD OUT
Mar. 27, 2008 Troubadour – Hollywood, CA SOLD OUT
Mar. 28, 2008 Soma – San Diego, CA
Mar. 29, 2008 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
Mar. 31, 2008 Meridian Red Room – Houston, TX
Apr. 1, 2008 House of Blues – Dallas, TX
Apr. 3, 2008 Club Downunder – Tallahassee, FL
Apr. 4, 2008 Studio A – Miami, FL
Apr. 5, 2008 Backbooth – Orlando, FL
Apr. 8, 2008 Exit/In – Nashville, TN
Apr. 9, 2008 The Spot – Cleveland, OH
Apr. 18, 2008 Barrymore’s Music Hall – Ottawa, ON
Apr. 19, 2008 Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire – Montreal, QC
Apr. 20, 2008 Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY SOLD OUT
Apr. 21, 2008 Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY SOLD OUT
Apr. 22, 2008 Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY SOLD OUT
Apr. 24, 2008 Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA
Apr. 26, 2008 Pearl Street Night Club – Northampton, MA
Apr. 28, 2008 First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA
Apr. 29, 2008 Black Cat – Washington, DC
Apr. 30, 2008 Big Orbit’s Soundlab – Buffalo, NY
May 2, 2008 Opera House – Toronto, ON SOLD OUT
May 3, 2008 Opera House – Toronto, ON
May. 4, 2008 Magic Stick – Detroit, MI
May. 5, 2008 Metro – Chicago, IL
May. 6, 2008 Varsity Theatre – Minneapolis, MN
May. 8, 2008 Garrick Theatre – Winnipeg, MB
May. 9, 2008 Louis’ Pub – Saskatoon, SK
May. 10, 2008 The Warehouse – Calgary, AB
May. 11, 2008 The Warehouse – Calgary, AB
May. 12, 2008 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB
May. 16, 2008 Plaza Club – Vancouver, BC
May. 17, 2008 Sugar Nightclub – Victoria, BC
May. 18, 2008 Neumos – Seattle, WA
May. 19, 2008 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
May. 22, 2008 Bluebird Theatre – Denver, CO
May. 23, 2008 Slowdown – Omaha, NE