Last night (Thursday-10/30/08) I attended the Tokyo Police Club live at BU Central.

As I said in my previous post, I was not very familiar with the music of the Tokyo Police Club.  I got there and surprisingly there was not that big of a crowd.  I'm not very good at the whole estimation thing, but I'm gonna say there were about two hundred people--again not good at estimation.

When I arrived, Mobious had already played their set, which was good.  There were a few people dressed in Halloween costumes who seemed pretty out of place.  They were female and scantily clad, which I had no objections about, but they did not fit in with the indie-look that was rather popular at the show.

I was out in the hall taking a picture of people when a group of rather indie looking fellows walked by in a pack.  I assumed that these four men (rather young looking) comprised Tokyo Police Club.

I was right.

They got on stage and announced that the show was very special because it was the last night of a very long tour.  The lead singer and bassist, Dave Monk shared an interesting tidbit with the crowd before going into their opening song, "I've been wearing this shirt every single night of the tour." 

I couldn't find how many days they'd been on tour, but they said it was a long time.  I'm going to take their word for it. That Disney World Cinderella's Castle shirt must have been nasty as hell.

They started playing and although I was not familiar with their music, it was pretty enjoyable.  Keyboards, ADHD drumming and power chords riddle their music.  Very simple, but very catchy.  Think old emo/pop-punk along the lines of The Get Up Kids or The Anniversary.

All the songs were really short, which was a bit off-putting for me just because I'm a borderline hippie when it comes to music--meaning that I like endless jams to space out to.  Anyway, the songs were short, and they all ended somwhat abruptly.  No wind down whatsoever.  Everybody would be rocking out and then all of a sudden, the songs would just end.  I'm sure that the people who listen to their music weren't surprised--like the kid in the front center who sang along with every word and pumped his fist incessantly--for those not so familiar it caught you off guard.

Overall it was a good show, and I'm sure that they were glad when it was over so that they could head back up north.