tokyo police club - a lesson in crime

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well despite the best efforts of the useless but royal mail service i eventually managed to get my hands on this mini-lp, or ep, from memphis industries.
third time lucky.
sometimes the pain is all worth it in the end, and this is one such case.
the canadian four piece released a quick little limited 7", "nature of the experiment", in the uk late last year (licenced from paper bag records), and now follow this up with a stop gap adrenalin filled beast to keep us all on tenderhooks for the proper album.
while the listing advises 8 tracks, do not be fooled into thinking this is going to soundtrack a nice and easy magazine reading session on the sofa. the songs fizz-n-whizz by in a powered up 18 minutes making their brand of ruffed punk-funk a tad closer than most to the blueprint that "wire" laid down with their excellent "pink flag" debut with a dash of vocal production a la "the strokes".
the coverart by geoff wilson is worthy of its own mention giving some insight into the bands mindset as there seems to be some form of story involving supercomputers and world destroying mad giant robots !
who cares, the results look great, and anyone who digs around ireallylovemusic knows that a fine slab of cover artwork goes a long long way.
so all in all when you have the hey hey hey chants of "be good", the drop-the-bomb brilliance of self referencing "cheer it on", the trademarked scuzzy keyboard noises all over the place, and more of those pumped up bass lines songs via the all important paint stripping angular guitar lines, then you know that this is one for the keep keep keep pile.
fantastic.

more detail : http://www.tokyopoliceclub.com/
memphis industries : http://www.memphis-industries.com/