New music week continues: Unlike Wolf Parade, Tokyo Police Club didn't have a successful debut to live up to. However, they had something much, much worse: unbearable hype. Hype is a strange thing; it is often as much an albatross as it is a blessing. Judging by their latest release "Elephant Shell," TPC tried to avoid the next big thing curse by sticking to what they do best; short, catchy and quirky rock. Their debut is practically another EP, clocking in at just under 28 minutes so it is as aerodynamic as it is danceable. While I believe that "Elephant Shell" lacks the unity of their earlier EPs like "A Lesson in Crime," songs like "Your English is Good" and "Tesselate" deliver on the promise of their early hype.Hipsters frolicking: The video for "Your English is Good"
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