{"id":28929,"date":"2018-04-18T15:30:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T19:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28929"},"modified":"2019-05-31T15:06:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T19:06:45","slug":"tokyo-police-club-share-new-song-new-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28929","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Police Club share new song &#8216;New Blues&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo Police Club has shared a new song <em>New Blues<\/em>, prior to its official digital release on April 20 via Dine Alone Records \u2013\u00a0in conjunction with a three-week U.S. tour supporting Matt &amp; Kim, which kicks off tonight in Minneapolis (all dates below).\u00a0 Additionally, the track will receive a limited Record Store Day physical release on flexi disc, available only at the Dine Alone Records store in Toronto and upcoming shows. Take a listen to the track via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/buRxh9mxsZo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dave Monks, Josh Hooks, Graham Wright and Greg Alsop spent the winter in Los Angeles recording new material with producer Rob Schnapf, who manned the helm on their 2010 album &#8216;Champ&#8217;.\u00a0The songs they brought into the studio came together during multiple sessions holed up in a church in rural Ontario, looking to get out of each members respective, current hometowns&#8230;New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, which are always plagued with distractions. The process proved inspiring for the band, who celebrated 10 years of releasing music in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Bassist\/vocalist Monks explained, <em>&#8220;It was exciting to hear ourselves in such a big space like that, the drums ring out, the guitars blend and swirl. I think it really affected the arrangements and songwriting. We started to favour simple rhythms, slower tempos (relatively speaking) and energy over details. It was really liberating. I think New Blues really shows how we thrived doing that.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The decision to work with Schnapf again on the new material was also an obvious one.\u00a0 Monks continued, <em>&#8220;I think we all felt like this was the most realized vision for an album we&#8217;d had in a while and we\u00a0knew we just needed a low key recording process to bring it to life. \u00a0 From day one in the studio, we kept recording all the instruments together for every take so it never felt like it was being disassembled. I think all the touring between\u00a0Champ\u00a0and now had left us as a much tighter band and it was fun to wield that power in the studio. Sometimes even if just Josh was doing an overdub, Graham and I would get in there and play along too. It made it feel more musical than disassembling\u00a0things track by track, which is usually the norm.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tokyo Police Club will bring this renewed energy back to the stage.\u00a0 Details on the new album will come to light in the weeks ahead.\u00a0 In the mean time press play on <em>New Blues<\/em> and catch them live at the dates below.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3>Tour dates<\/h3>\n<p>04\/16 \u2013 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue<br \/>\n04\/17 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre<br \/>\n04\/18 \u2013 Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre<br \/>\n04\/20 \u2013 Columbus, OH @ Express Live!<br \/>\n04\/21 \u2013 Milwaukee, WI @ Mr. Smalls Theatre<br \/>\n04\/22 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory<br \/>\n04\/23 \u2013 S. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground<br \/>\n04\/24 \u2013 Portland, ME @ State Theatre<br \/>\n04\/26 \u2013 Boston, MA @ House of Blues<br \/>\n04\/27 \u2013 New Haven, CT @ College Street Music<br \/>\n04\/28 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Street<br \/>\n04\/29 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Street<br \/>\n05\/02 \u2013 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club<br \/>\n05\/03 \u2013 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club<br \/>\n05\/04 \u2013 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore<br \/>\n* all dates Matt &amp; Kim<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Tokyo Police Club, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/vaohs\/z1r5vo\/7jrbdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tokyopoliceclub.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tokyo Police Club has shared a new song New Blues, prior to its official digital release on April 20 via Dine Alone Records \u2013\u00a0in conjunction <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28929\" title=\"Tokyo Police Club share new song &#8216;New Blues&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,25,28,30],"tags":[2334,7494,1236,1245],"class_list":["post-28929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","tag-dine-alone-records","tag-new-blues","tag-tokyo-police-club","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30d263b4a017cf49987886cf_880x660.jpeg?fit=880%2C660","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7wB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8300,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=8300","url_meta":{"origin":28929,"position":0},"title":"Dine Alone Records release summer sampler","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Dine Alone Records have released this year's Summer Sampler. 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