Tokyo Police Club - Champ (2010)

chemicaldanny · 09-24-2010, 07:19 PM

Tokyo Police Club - Champ (Mom & Pop, 2010)

1. Favourite Food
2. Favourite Colour
3. Breakneck Speed
4. Wait Up (Boots of Danger)
5. Bambi
6. End of a Spark
7. Hands Reversed
8. Gone
9. Big Difference
10. Not Sick
11. Frankenstein

What do you guys think? I must say after my first listen I am totally let down. The most striking thing about this band was always their energy, which is why this record is so baffling for me. The spiky dance-punk rhythms and b-movie synths have been replaced with bland powerpop. Some small moments and nice bits (The guitar in "Big Difference" is fantastic) may perk interest, and the boys still have a remarkable knack for pop-punk hooks (however overused/Cheap Trick-y they may have become), it's just really sad that "End of a Spark" might end up being a pretty apt descriptor for this band so early in their career.

jeremychapman · 01-23-2011, 01:17 PM

Bambi is such an amazin song

rocksann · 01-24-2011, 10:03 AM

Bambi is definitely the best on the album. I wish I could say there were more great songs, but I was underwhelmed.

jeremychapman · 01-24-2011, 07:50 PM

Yeah I agree thats really the only good song thats on it, in my opinon the best song by them is Graves its very intense and upbeat

DoctorSoft · 02-14-2011, 01:08 AM

I wasn't a really big fan of their first one, but it was decent. Listened to this and it's pretty terrible, nothing stands out at all.

View Poll Results: What did you think of Champ?
Awesome	3	27.27%
Pretty Good	4	36.36%
Some Good Songs	2	18.18%
Pretty Bad	2	18.18%
Awful	0	0%
Voters: 11. You may not vote on this poll

09-24-2010, 07:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
chemicaldanny Groupie Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 37	Tokyo Police Club - Champ (2010) Tokyo Police Club - Champ (Mom & Pop, 2010) 1. Favourite Food 2. Favourite Colour 3. Breakneck Speed 4. Wait Up (Boots of Danger) 5. Bambi 6. End of a Spark 7. Hands Reversed 8. Gone 9. Big Difference 10. Not Sick 11. Frankenstein What do you guys think? I must say after my first listen I am totally let down. The most striking thing about this band was always their energy, which is why this record is so baffling for me. The spiky dance-punk rhythms and b-movie synths have been replaced with bland powerpop. Some small moments and nice bits (The guitar in "Big Difference" is fantastic) may perk interest, and the boys still have a remarkable knack for pop-punk hooks (however overused/Cheap Trick-y they may have become), it's just really sad that "End of a Spark" might end up being a pretty apt descriptor for this band so early in their career. __________________ Last edited by chemicaldanny; 09-24-2010 at 07:27 PM.

01-23-2011, 01:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
jeremychapman Groupie Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 22	Bambi is such an amazin song

01-24-2011, 10:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
rocksann Groupie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: fantastic forest Posts: 15	Bambi is definitely the best on the album. I wish I could say there were more great songs, but I was underwhelmed.

01-24-2011, 07:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
jeremychapman Groupie Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 22	Yeah I agree thats really the only good song thats on it, in my opinon the best song by them is Graves its very intense and upbeat

02-14-2011, 01:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
DoctorSoft Rocket Appliances Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,335	I wasn't a really big fan of their first one, but it was decent. Listened to this and it's pretty terrible, nothing stands out at all.