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Elephant Shell finds the ambiguity created by this choice absolutely harrowing, however, and proceeds to run back to that basement with its eyes closed, one hand over its mouth and the other clutching its Bloc Party tapes.
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Tokyo Police Club indubitably share similarities with their more commercially successful UK counterparts, Bloc Party.
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TPC keep their songs taut and mostly under three minutes, so Elephant Shell whips by in a charging whirl of indie rock urgency but skips on substance.
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They don’t do nearly enough with the brief window of opportunity they have afforded themselves, and seem too fashionably pent-up to take that key leap of faith beyond the terra firma of their dominant influences in the foreseeable future.
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Transcendent tracks like 'Your English is Good' and 'In a Cave' indicate that there’s still room to grow on subsequent Tokyo Police Club releases. But for now, the band seems to have lost its mojo.
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Q MagazineIt's all over long before the lack of variety can become a problem. [June 2008, p.148]
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TPC are better arrangers than songwriters; all eleven tracks burst with hooks, but only the single 'Your English Is Good' feels fully cooked.
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Elephant Shell has it all if you’re looking for youthful mistakes from a well-meaning (but again, young) band that really, really, REALLY shouldn’t let the hype go to their heads.
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UncutNo shocks here, but a laudably short and sharp effort. [June 2008, p.94]
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Under The RadarElephant Shell is very appealing in a middle-of-the-road way, but for those hoping to be electrified, we'll have to wait on another arse. [Spring 2008, p.81]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 30 out of 34
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Mixed: 2 out of 34
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Negative: 2 out of 34
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EdgarMMar 29, 2009
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ShayDec 15, 2008This is pure awesomeness!
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JCDec 15, 2008Exciting and thrilling from beginning to end.