Tokyo Police Club — Smith EP

Smith EP

Paper Bag/Universal

Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack)

10/30/2007 8:57pm

Wait! Holy crap, is it? It is! It's Tokyo Police Club! What? Still no full-length? Well, it may only be seven or so minutes long, but the Newmarket, Ont. quartet have offered up another brilliant sample-sized offering of their frenzied post punk indie rock. Smith is comprised of tracks previously only available as bonus material on domestic and foreign vinyl issues of their debut mini-album. While "Box" and "Cut Cut Paste" are typical (read: amazing) TPC fare, it's the austere piano ballad "Lesson In Crime" that proves the most daring of the three. It's the antithesis of what we've come to expect from a group renowned for two-minute cuts that erupt like a lunar-bound rocket. I would give Smith a solid 5/5, but I have to deduct one point for making everyone wait for the LP. Your move, Tokyo Police Club.