Tokyo Police Club

Hi! I'm Dave Monks. You may know me from such instruments as "The Bass" and "Lead Vocal: 2". I have a new song out today that I *W*A*N*T* *Y*O*U* *T*O* *LISTEN TO* (scary teeth)

another summer gig - this one in Sarnia (home of my #1 favourite canada customs office) with the amazing Big Wreck and with ticket money going to a good cause. on sale now!!

few new gigs! a very short western bop this fall: 13/9 - Red Deer, AB - Bo's Bar & Grill 16/9 - Nelson, BC - Spirit Bar 18/9 - Victoria, BC - Capital Ballroom tickets on sale thursday!

me trying to get likes for cheering on the toronto raptors like the rest of the cool bands from toronto

hello friends, graham here! things are pretty quiet over the summer on the TPC front , but we've all got some other cool stuff cooking and i want to tell you about my band Girlfriend Material!! josh is in it too, and our debut LP is coming out july 12th. we just put a new song out called First Of The Month which i think and hope you will like. i'm not going to bug you too much with this stuff, i promise, but since this is THE FIRST SONG i thought you might want to know. thank you for listening!! http://smarturl.it/gfmaterialfotm xo gw

we're doing a little gig at the Phoenix (with rock gods The Dirty Nil) tonight for canadian music week. it's sold way out, but you can listen to it on the satellite radio if you want to. 8:30pm eastern time at this link. crack a beer and have a tall friend come over and stand right in front of you, it'll be just like the real thing! http://player.siriusxm.ca/live/TheVerge http://player.siriusxm.ca/live/TheVerge

last year we had two extremely fun nights playing at the very cool and cozy Fox Cabaret in Vancouver. now we're coming back for two MORE nights, in a space that's *slightly* larger - the freakin' MALKIN BOWL with local legends Mother Mother (and The Zolas and Sam Lynch) for TWO BIG AS HELL NIGHTS. tickets are on sale on friday and i reckon you better get em FAST. see you there!!

this cool as hell t shirt is an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE available for THE NEXT WEEK ONLY so act now or regret it forever!!! http://tokyopolice.absolutemerch.com

i have a very vivid memory of listening to the original demo of Simple Dude - just a voice memo coming through laptop speakers, but immediately i was like “oh damn”. we made the song louder later, but here’s a version that’ll give you a sense of how we all heard it for the first time.

josh and i were super happy to go visit the Music Therapy Centre and do this video about these hats that support that Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund - we can attest that they are stylish, comfortable, AND a positive for society. how many hats have THAT trifecta??

the reviews are in!

here is the super cool video for Ready To Win. watch it below, or keep reading for my usual overly long spiel about it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwlG_dRHrfs&t=1s Ready To Win was always the spiritual centrepiece of the record, but it's been tough to know how to shine a light on it. we didn't figure radio stations would want to play a song that says f*ck so many times, but we knew it deserved its moment in the spotlight. we decided that instead of shying away from the f*cks and f*ck ups, we'd embrace them. so we asked you for YOUR f*ck ups. we thought we'd get a few, goofy ones. instead we got hundreds, ranging from silly and mundane to existential and life altering. we were overwhelmed by people's openness, and honestly kind of intimidated to be trusted with so many big secrets (lucky for us the whole process was anonymous so we couldn't snitch even if we wanted to). armed with nothing but a label maker and a big empty room, our good friend Anne Douris turned the mountain of f*ck ups into the beautiful video you see today. it occurred to me that writing songs is, more or less, an attempt to turn your f*ck ups into something worthwhile, so literally building this video out of f*ck ups just felt right. i hope it stands as a testament to all the f*ck ups in the world, big and small, and to the fact that we all live to f*ck up another day. also, TOUR STARTS TOMORROW! dates below, ticket info at: bandsintown.com/tokyopoliceclub 8/3/19 - Sinclair - Boston, MA 9/3/19 - Space Ballroom - Hamden, CT 12/3/19 - Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY 13/3/19 - Boot & Saddle - Philadelphia, PA [SOLD OUT] 14/4/19 - Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD 15/3/19 - DC9 - Washington DC [SOLD OUT] 18/3/19 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA 19/3/19 - Saturn - Birmingham, AL 20/3/19 - High Watt - Nashville, TN 22/3/19 - Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH 23/3/19 - Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY 10/4/19 - Tide and Boar Ballroom - Moncton, NB 11/4/19 - Fredericton Boyce Farmers' Market - Fredericton, NB 12/4/19 - PEI Brewing Company - Charlottetown, PEI 13/4/19 - The Marquee Ballroom - Halifax, NS 15/4/19 - L'Anti Bar & Spectacles - Quebec City, QC 17/4/19 - Petit Campus - Montreal, QC 18/4/19 - Bronson Centre - Ottawa, ON 19/4/19 - Historic Red Dog Tavern - Peterborough, ON 20/4/19 - Club Richelieu Welland - Welland, ON 23/4/19 - The Music Hall Concert Theatre - Oshawa, ON 24/4/19 - Maxwell's Concerts & Events - Waterloo, ON 25/4/19 - Polish Club Windsor - Windsor, ON 26/4/19 - The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL [SOLD OUT] 27/4/19 - The Loving Touch - Ferndale, MI

honestly a dream come true to get called "schmaltzy" by the new yorker!! https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/tokyo-police-club

here's some fresh acoustic vibes for you! outtatime started life as a loud band song, just like it appears on the record, so hearing it stripped down like this is really cool and, i might be biased, really underlines whats a beautiful song dave wrote. check it at Bandsintown!!

TOUR IMMINENT! TOUR IMMINENT! it has been WAY TOO LONG since we set up and rocked out, but we're making up for it this spring by bringing our JUNO NOMINATED (and, if i may say so, pretty damn good) album TPC to a bunch of great cities in Canada and the USA. we've been cooped up all winter so these are going to be raucous and exuberant gigs that you do not want to miss! some of the shows are already sold out, and others are rushing in that direction, so nows the time to get your tickets! we're also coming to a bunch of places we haven't visited in YEARS (looking in your direction, the maritime provinces), so tell and tag your friends and make a party out of it. dates below, ticket info at: bandsintown.com/tokyopoliceclub 8/3/19 - Sinclair - Boston, MA 9/3/19 - Space Ballroom - Hamden, CT 12/3/19 - Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY 13/3/19 - Boot & Saddle - Philadelphia, PA [SOLD OUT] 14/4/19 - Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD 15/3/19 - DC9 - Washington DC [SOLD OUT] 18/3/19 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA 19/3/19 - Saturn - Birmingham, AL 20/3/19 - High Watt - Nashville, TN 22/3/19 - Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH 23/3/19 - Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY 10/4/19 - Tide and Boar Ballroom - Moncton, NB 11/4/19 - Fredericton Boyce Farmers' Market - Fredericton, NB 12/4/19 - PEI Brewing Company - Charlottetown, PEI 13/4/19 - The Marquee Ballroom - Halifax, NS 15/4/19 - L'Anti Bar & Spectacles - Quebec City, QC 17/4/19 - Petit Campus - Montreal, QC 18/4/19 - Bronson Centre - Ottawa, ON 19/4/19 - Historic Red Dog Tavern - Peterborough, ON 20/4/19 - Club Richelieu Welland - Welland, ON 23/4/19 - The Music Hall Concert Theatre - Oshawa, ON 24/4/19 - Maxwell's Concerts & Events - Waterloo, ON 25/4/19 - Polish Club Windsor - Windsor, ON 26/4/19 - The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL [SOLD OUT] 27/4/19 - The Loving Touch - Ferndale, MI

Washington DC: Sold Out! Philadelphia: Sold Out! Chicago: Sold Out! All other gigs selling at varying degrees of "fast". Get your tickets, get your friends tickets, get your enemies tickets - get them now and get there here: https://bandsintown.com/tokyopoliceclub these are the dates! 8/3 - Boston - Sinclair 9/3 - Hamden - Space 12/3 - Brooklyn - Warsaw 13/3 - Philadelphia - Boot & Saddle 14/4 - Baltimore - Metro Gallery 15/3 - Washington DC - DC9 18/3 - Atlanta - The Earl 19/3 - Birmingham - Saturn 20/3 - Nashville - High Watt 22/3 - Cleveland - Grog Shop 23/3 - Buffalo - Town Ballroom 10/4 - Moncton - Tide & Boar Ballroom 11/4 - Fredericton - Fredericton Boyce Farmers Market 12/4 - Charlottetown - PEI Brewing Company 13/4 - Halifax - Marquee Ballroom 15/4 - Quebec City - L'Anti Bar & Spectacles 17/4 - Montreal - Petit Campus 18/4 - Ottawa - Bronson Centre 19/4 - Peterborough - Red Dog 20/4 - Welland - Club Richelieu 23/4 - Oshawa - Music Hall 24/4 - Waterloo - Maxwells 25/4 - Windsor - Polish Club 26/4 - Chicago - Empty Bottle

have you checked out Dizzy yet? they're playing with us in March and April and they're one of our favourite new bands. also we're in DIRECT COMPETITION with them for a Juno Award, and if they defeat us they will live to regret it. but you won't live to regret checking them out, on the internet OR at one of the following concerts: 8/3 - Boston - Sinclair 9/3 - Hamden - Space 12/3 - Brooklyn - Warsaw (w/ Honduras too!) 13/3 - Philadelphia - Boot & Saddle 15/3 - Washington DC - DC9 18/3 - Atlanta - The Earl 19/3 - Birmingham - Saturn 20/3 - Nashville - High Watt 22/3 - Cleveland - Grog Shop 23/3 - Buffalo - Town Ballroom 17/4 - Montreal - Petit Campus 18/4 - Ottawa - Bronson Centre 19/4 - Peterborough - Red Dog 23/4 - Oshawa - Music Hall 24/4 - Waterloo - Maxwells 25/4 - Windsor - Polish Club 26/4 - Chicago - Empty Bottle tickets: https://bandsintown.com/tokyopoliceclub

did you know our album TPC was nominated for a Juno Award?? it's true, and to celebrate we made a special playlist - check out the Tokyo Police Club - Junos Playlist today!

can i interest you in a playlist of cool good toronto rock songs this fine morning? here's one!

if you live in philadelphia and want to see us play in philadelphia (where you live) you should buy tickets RIGHT NOW because i just got an email that there are VERY FEW left! the subject line included the phrase every band loves to hear: "LOW TICKET WARNING" https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/7531913/tokyo-police-club-philadelphia-boot-saddle

shit son http://www.justlikeheavenfest.com

this week we're creating a new video for Ready To Win, a song about fucking up over and over and over again until it makes you strong. part of this video is up to you: we'd like to hear YOUR fuck ups, big or small. we're going to print them out on a labelmaker and put them in the video. it's totally anonymous so don't be shy. hit the link below and watch this space.

it always sounds like bullshit to say that we never expected this, but we really never expected this! it's hugely exciting to be up there with such cool bands (especially our future touring pals Dizzy) and we just feel very nice about all of this in general.

we're really jazzed to have Dizzy and Sorrey with us on our Canadian tour - these shows are going to be v special and v nice. DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKETS YET?? get em while they're hot: https://bandsintown.com/tokyopoliceclub

CHAMP IS BACK IN AUSTRALIA!!! (sorry it took so long)