{"id":31602,"date":"2019-06-28T17:15:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T21:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31602"},"modified":"2019-06-25T21:28:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T01:28:42","slug":"tokyo-police-clubs-dave-monks-shares-new-single-bluebird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31602","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Police Club&#8217;s Dave Monks shares new single &#8216;Bluebird&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Bluebird<\/em> is the new single from\u00a0Dave Monks, the frontman of Tokyo Police Club. Recorded and produced off the cuff by\u00a0Rob Schnapf\u00a0[Elliott Smith, Beck, Kevin Devine], <em>Bluebird<\/em> is the first new music from Monks since his 2015 EP\u00a0&#8216;All Signs Point To Yes&#8217;.\u00a0Take a listen to <em>Bluebird <\/em>via Soundcloud below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/610724136&amp;color=%23aaadad&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The song represents a significant departure from the upbeat indie rock songs of his previous release. Monks&#8217; new solo effort follows on the heels of\u00a0&#8216;TPC&#8217;\u00a0(2018), the fourth album by Tokyo Police Club.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the song, Monks says,<em>\u00a0&#8220;My two most-listened-to CDs in high school were Is This It and Kid A. Bluebird feels like it lands right in the middle of those influences, it&#8217;s personal and bluesy but also disguised and ambient. I almost overlooked it because it&#8217;s such a simple little song, but I recorded it on a whim Rob&#8217;s studio one night after we were done something else. It was just one take, playing a keyboard and singing. I think you can feel in the song that I&#8217;m playing without a metronome or anything. Just floating around between the chord changes. Hope you can float with it too.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bluebird <\/em>is available now. You can listen\/buy\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hivemindpr.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=04780c244c226dd8f0096243b&amp;id=940fdb7bb0&amp;e=998dd35436\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Bluebird is the new single from\u00a0Dave Monks, the frontman of Tokyo Police Club. 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