Tokyo Police Club Announce Album, Stream New Song

January 13th, 2014

Rebecca Docter

Canadian indie rockers Tokyo Police Club have revealed the title of their much anticipated follow-up to 2010’s Champ. The record will be titled Forcefield and will hit shelves March 25 via Mom+Pop.

Produced by Doug Boehm and the group’s own David Monks, the album will include nine tracks. The band has also released a track from the record, entitled “Hot Tonight,” which beckons back to early Strokes material. Last month the group revealed “Argentina (Parts I,II,III).”

In a statement, Monks described the group’s creative process for Forcefield.

“Since writing started for Forcefield in mid-2011 there have been so many trends and every kind of ‘wave.’ We saw them all come and disappear or change into something broader. It left us wanting to make something that would last. We ended up rediscovering energy and guitars and simple, direct songs. There was certainly a lot of pressure to take the music somewhere new and there were lots of opinions about how to do that, but in the end we blocked all that out and followed our instincts. I think that’s what Forcefield is—it doesn’t matter what else is going on out there, the music just has to be honest and have a real feeling to it,” Monks said.

You can hear the new track, “Hot Tonight” and view Forcefield‘s tracklist below.

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Forcefield Tracklist:
01. Argentina (Parts I, II, III)
02. Hot Tonight
03. Miserable
04. Gonna Be Ready
05. Beaches
06. Toy Guns
07. Tunnel Vision
08. Through the Wire
09. Feel the Effect