Elephant Shell

Rolling Stone (p.83) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he music is lean, clean and spacious: expertly constructed post-punk miniatures full of ringing guitar and keyboard counterpoint, melodic bass work, and drumming that tilts rock songs...gently toward the dance floor." Uncut (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[S]tructural sophistication and melodic savvy now figure alongside intensity and drive....[A] sharp effort." CMJ - "Not only does every track feel integral to the overall collection, but there isn't a spare note, drum fill or chorus to be wrung from any one song." Q (Magazine) (p.148) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] chiming lead guitar, melodic prominent bass, and every song rattles along merrily before stopping abruptly, as though the three-minute mark was an impassable forcefield." Blender (Magazine) (p.79) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Making good on the promise of two nervously explosive EPs, Tokyo Police Club indulge in plenty of echoey atmospherics but also add Foo Fighers-esque blasts of guitar, as if leaping into action and kicking over their chairs." Paste (magazine) (p.67) - "Tokyo Police Club tempers its tight jangle with lyrics on just the right side of sappy..." Clash (Magazine) (p.110) - "Each track a potential single, these guys don't hang around, going straight for the jugular, blasting out soaring indie rock nuggets honed by endless touring."