Tokyo Police Club’s debut full-length album Elephant Shell has been exceeding expectations beyond the success of their previous mini-album A Lesson In Crime. Elephant Shell reached No. 1 on the US Billboard charts for both Top New Artist and Alternative Artist. The album has been well received by MTV, being featured on Discover and Download, TRL First Look, and Big Ten. The band has also made their US TV debut with a recent appearance on the David Letterman show.
“It’s hard not to walk away wanting more.” Billboard, April 2008
Described by vocalist/bassist David Monks as "wide-eyed post-punk with a tendency to get over excited - so much so that someone has to come and tell it to settle down," Elephant Shell sees the band somewhat more seasoned after hundreds of live shows worldwide.
From the Coachella festival to tiny club shows, Tokyo Police Club have been honing their sound and tempering their musical moods to bring a full-length that encapsulates all the energy and rapid-fire intonation of A Lesson In Crime with the advantage of maturity and focus to produce an album of rare gems and dance-along classics. Recorded in Connecticut with Peter Katis (The Grates, Interpol, The National) and Canada’s Jon Drew, Elephant Shell delivers on all the promise of Tokyo Police Club’s earlier work.
“Elephant Shell still maintains the high level of catchy pop-driven guitar rock…they’re ticking all my boxes” Rave Magazine, May 2008
Support act Yves Klein Blue hit the headlines when their debut EP, Draw Attention To Themselves did just that with Rolling Stone and Jmag touting them as a ‘band to watch’ in 2008. They have certainly been living up to that, with sold out launch shows, tours with VHS or Beta, Stereophonics, and the forthcoming co-headline tour with The John Steel Singers.