◇ image via WikipediaTokyo Police Club
Tokyo Police Club is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Born Ruffians, Ra Ra Riot, Hollerado, Since U Been Gone and FIDLAR. Those roots explain a lot about how Tokyo Police Club arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Born Ruffians, Ra Ra Riot, Said the Whale, Hot Hot Heat and Bear Hands, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Good Kid, RAC, Foster the People, Kimbra and Weezer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Tokyo Police Club, reaching back through Born Ruffians and forward to Good Kid. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Tokyo Police Club was an indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2005, it consisted of vocalist and bassist Dave Monks, keyboardist Graham Wright, guitarist Josh Hook, and drummer Greg Alsop. The band found early success with their 2006 debut EP A Lesson in Crime, which they followed with several popular releases including the albums Elephant Shell and Champ in 2008 and 2010, respectively. During the 2010s, they released three other studio albums. Among other nominations, the band had been twice nominated for the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year, in 2011 for Champ and in 2019 for TPC.
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Tokyo Police Club connections
Tokyo Police Club grew out of Born Ruffians, Ra Ra Riot, Hollerado and Since U Been Gone, shares an orbit with Born Ruffians, Ra Ra Riot, Said the Whale and Hot Hot Heat, went on to shape Good Kid, RAC, Foster the People and Kimbra. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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