from Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 1 - Episode 12 The Naked Ant Recorded 21-12-69, Aired 04-01-70 I'm slowly uploading the entire More

from Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 1 - Episode 12 The Naked Ant Recorded 21-12-69, Aired 04-01-70 I'm slowly uploading the entire Flying Circus series... Got any requests?
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http://www.myspace.com/tokyopoliceclub Elephant Shell delivers on every bit of promise of A Lesson in Crime. The opening one-two rapid-fire salvo of More

http://www.myspace.com/tokyopoliceclub Elephant Shell delivers on every bit of promise of A Lesson in Crime. The opening one-two rapid-fire salvo of "Centennial" and "In A Cave" barely evaporates before "Graves" and "Juno" pack innumerable hooks and "what-does-that-remind-me-of" glimmers into taut 2-minute-and-change frameworks, while "Tessellate" and "Sixties Remake" encapsulate everything great about the manic Tokyo Police Club live experience: soaring guitar signatures and keyboard figures, driving backbeats and irresistible sing-along's abound. Elsewhere, "The Harrowing Adventures Of..." and the dubbed out standout "Listen To The Math" find our young protagonists stretching out, hinting at a new-found maturity, ably adapting their energy into more subdued structures before the rousing coda of "The Baskervilles" brings the record to a shuddering halt. Following on from one of the most well received 16 minutes of music in recent history (2007's A Lesson In Crime EP), Newmarket, Ontario's Tokyo Police Club will be releasing their debut album Elephant Shell, due out 5 May on Memphis Industries. Elephant Shell lands roughly a year and half after the A Lesson In Crime EP and barely three years on from the band's 2005 formation. Said EP A Lesson in Crime was lauded by Rolling Stone: "If only all young guitar bands were smart enough to rock out this fast"; The Guardian: "Short sharp bursts of nonchalant arrogance. Thrilling"; NME: "The most perfect, weirdly askew band the other side of the pond has produced since Pavement"; Pitchfork: "The potential to become a real five-tool player in indie for a long time; Pretty Girls Make Graves agility, Les Savy Fav's curveball, the Strokes' sweet swing—there's no questioning the latent talent here". It would go on to sell over 70,000 copies - probably about 69,000 more than the band were expecting. Not bad for four kids who self taught during senior year at high school.
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