Tokyo Police Club Come Out Of Their Elephant Shell

If you search the ChartAttack archives, you'll find that we've mentioned Tokyo Police Club exactly 100 times in the past two years before this article, and they still haven't put out a full album yet. That will all change when Saddle Creek releases Elephant Shell in late April.

The Newmarket, Ont. band have released a number of EPs, contributed to compilations, won two Bucky Awards, toured extensively and even designed a T-shirt for Playboy while becoming one of the most hyped groups around, so it's about time that they finally finished their LP.

"It was a long process but we couldn’t be happier with the outcome," wrote manager Rich Cohen on the band's website on Wednesday. "We've just announced a bunch of tour dates where we’ll be road testing the new songs."

Here are the Canadian venues where Tokyo Police Club will do their road-testing:

Jan. 24 North Bay, ON @ The Wal
lJan. 25 Hamilton, ON @ Quarters
Jan. 26 Toronto, ON @ Nathan Phillips Square
Jan. 30 Kingston, ON @ The Ale House
Jan. 31 Ottawa, ON @ Algonquin College
Feb. 1 London, ON @ Forwell Hall
Feb. 2 Guelph, ON @ Sleeman Centre (Hillside Inside)
March 18 London, ON @ Call The Office
April 18 Ottawa, ON @ Barrymore's Music Hall
April 19 Montreal, QC @ Cabaret De Musee Juste Pour Rire

Here are the songs on Elephant Shell:

"Centennial"
"In A Cave"
"Graves"
"Juno"
"Tessellate"
"Sixties Remake"
"The Harrowing Adventures Of..."
"Nursery Academy"
"Your English Is Good"
"Listen To The Math"
"The Baskervilles"