Tokyo Police Club is a buzz-worthy young band (literally, they look 15) that’s been making it around the blogsphere recently. They came through Atlanta this past Friday, 23 March 2007, playing alongside Cold War Kids for a sold out show @ Vinyl. After downing a few pints @ ABC and grabbing a bite from the Brewhouse, I was prepared for a quick little 30 min guitar driven set to get me going for the weekend. After sitting through the opening band (they bored me, but I’m sure everyone else loved them) I was ready for something a little upbeat, but was quickly informed their drummer was too sick to perform.
Well damn.
We got a pretty unique show none-the-less which, i may add, improved directly with the amount of shots consumed on stage. It started of as a slightly subdued, pseudo-acoustic set, but once CWK and everyone else from backstage piled on - bringing every piece of percussion they could find, apparently - things finally got more towards what I was looking for. Though, as Ms. T pointed out: Their live show was briefer than their LP, and shortly thereafter it was over.
A video’s worth some arbitrary number of words, so here you go:
Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the Experiment (Album Version)
Overall worth checking out if they come to your city, however lets hope you get the full experience.
Visit Tokyo Police Club:
on MySpace
on The Interwebs
and purchase the album from Insound
