BREAKNECK SPEED 28 March 2010

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DDDOOOOOWWWWNNNNLLLLLOOOOAAAADDDDD

its a free (free!) download for all of you. also if you loop it 29 times while watching Grosse Pointe Blank on mute, it looks like john cusack lip syncs the whole time. and if it doesn’t work, we’ll give you your money back.

the first crumb from the CHAMP cookie has crumbled and we’re really psyched all of you can hear it!!!!!!! watch more of the cookie crumble below….

dave

Comments:

currently listening to it as we/i speak/type and i lurve it. its good to have you back!

eiln, on March 28th, 2010 at 5:10 pm

i am so excited for champ i can’t even describe it.
i saw a live video for breakneck speed & it is amazing!
if the rest of the album is like that your golden boys
<333

kaitlin, on March 28th, 2010 at 5:48 pm

Its just perfect!

Juan Jose, on March 28th, 2010 at 6:34 pm

Way too pumped. TOO PUMPED.

Kopiok, on March 28th, 2010 at 7:06 pm

THIS ALBUM IS GOING TO OBLITERATE MY MIND AND EAT A HOLE THROUGH MY SOUL LIKE A HIGHLY ABRASIVE SPIRITUAL CONCENTRATION OF ACID

Jude, on March 28th, 2010 at 10:26 pm

http://themainhall.tumblr.com/post/478208036/tokyo-police-club-1-julia-0

(clears throat) nicely played, TPC. nicely played.
also, are you guys going to do a show in manhattan? like not governor’s island?

Julia, on March 28th, 2010 at 10:43 pm

OH YES!

lookuptobicycle, on March 28th, 2010 at 11:14 pm

i’m obsessed with it, album’s gonna kill!

leah, on March 28th, 2010 at 11:38 pm

Wow guys the video really made my day now im finally content knowing where the whole Champ thing came from you guys really rock

P.S. Thanks for the download
P.P.S. I cant wait for this album, Its going to be the best listening my ears get this year and many many years to come

Steven thinks TPC is the Champ, on March 29th, 2010 at 11:38 am

good to HAVE you back!

renee, on March 29th, 2010 at 1:07 pm

YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!
my day SUCKED and this just made it not suck X 1000000000000
OH MY GOD you guys are too amazing this album is already BLOWING MY MIND ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mel, on March 29th, 2010 at 5:22 pm

Words cannot describe what I’m feeling while listening to this song. I am so in love with it. It just makes me remember how much I love your music… I mean I’m getting emotional listening to it for god’s sake.

Thank you so so so so SO much for this. I just… thank you.

Jennifer Christa, on March 29th, 2010 at 5:43 pm

I love the new song. Can’t wait for the whole album.
Seriously, when I first listened to just 6 seconds of it, it made me smile. (:
SO EXCITED.

Katie, on March 29th, 2010 at 7:41 pm

DITTO

Katie, on March 29th, 2010 at 7:44 pm

I seriously got goosebumps when i heard the song play at the end of the video. Even better the whole way through! So pumped for this album. Good work, guys.

Tracy, on March 29th, 2010 at 9:03 pm

I saw you guys at Lollapalooza 2007 (and got A Lesson In Crime signed by all of you) and have been a huge fan ever since! I love Breakneck Speed – the sound has grown/improved since your earlier stuff but it is still characteristically Tokyo Police Club. I’m looking forward to listening to the rest of Champ!! yay

Neha, on March 29th, 2010 at 9:23 pm

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH (8!
beyond epic, can’t wait to hear the entire album

kip, on March 29th, 2010 at 9:24 pm

Thank you.
This was so perfect to come home too.

Amanda, on March 29th, 2010 at 11:02 pm

i bought tickets to see mainly you and passion pit in new york before the entire tour was published. and now you’re playing in philly.

myblogsdontlie, on March 30th, 2010 at 12:23 am

CAN’T FLIPPING WAIT

Andy, on March 30th, 2010 at 1:13 am

P.S. PLEASE please come back to Chicago!

Neha, on March 30th, 2010 at 1:26 am

So PUMPED! It’s good to have you back! I’m buying this album the instant I can get my hands on a physical copy. Please come to Phoenix AZ!

Dalton, on March 30th, 2010 at 2:21 am

ah FUCK YES MAN!!!

ssssssssoooooooooooooooooooooooo
gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

makes my bad day (really fucking) good.

x to an infinite.

em, on March 30th, 2010 at 7:14 am

this song is amazing, come to las vegas please? but like… an all ages show….

Cameron, on March 30th, 2010 at 8:42 pm

the song is super good!
im even more excited than before.

nahomi, on March 30th, 2010 at 9:46 pm

wodewick of woddingham

get on
get off
revolutions for all
Mary go round
don’t fall
dont fall
power up the tuner
rev up the amp
time’s getting ready
for the champ
fot
the
champ

lookuptobicycle, on March 30th, 2010 at 9:58 pm

dang no edmonton dates (yet).
new song is awesome, guys! i can’t wait for this album to drop!! (into my hands….)

Steven, on March 31st, 2010 at 2:52 am

PLEASE PLEASE COME BACK TO CHICAGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

noodles, on April 1st, 2010 at 4:14 pm

SUGGESTION:
after/before coachella, play a show in LA.

Jazmin, on April 2nd, 2010 at 9:03 am

dammit, i said to myself “if you just wait and don’t listen to breakneck speed, it’ll make the album that much better when it finally comes out.”

and i cracked.

i love you guys

djdontcare, on April 6th, 2010 at 11:39 am

GREAT SONG! you guys are the best. cant wait for CHAMP!

PLEASE come to Japan!!!

Greg P, on April 6th, 2010 at 10:52 pm

Hey guys GREAT show in Waterloo last night!!!!! LOVE the new material, and great to finnally see you guys live for all the classics from Lesson in Crime and Elephant Shell. Loved Shoulders and Arms – Killer drum beats…. Good Luck with the rest of the tour!!!

Andrew, on April 7th, 2010 at 10:58 am

I’m Loving this new song gents! I’m really proud of the work you guys have done. If the rest of champ is as polished as this song it’s gonna be GREAT! I’ll be seeing you in Dallas!! You should do another acoustic session here in dallas like you did in Philly a bit ago – I got to see it while I was in town on business!!!!

We love you guys and are huge supporters of yours!

Champ IT!
-Peter & Jess

Peter, on April 7th, 2010 at 4:37 pm

If you manage to pause the video between 3.04 and like 3.05,
you will realise dave is revealing himself as a vampire.

Right on the camera flash ^.^

Hannah, on April 7th, 2010 at 8:19 pm

Just awesome!
I really wish I was livin in the US so I could see you guys live

André Botelho, on April 10th, 2010 at 5:19 pm

Is there any live footage of the previous gigs that past that showcase the new songs (excluding “Breakneck Speed” “End of a Spark” and “Favourite Colour”?)

Untitled, on April 12th, 2010 at 10:38 am

hey y’all,

i see you guys have joined Dine Alone records… does that mean you’re not on Saddle Creek anymore? I guess that makes sense, ’cause all their focus is pretty much on conor oberst, haha.

Gogol Bordello, on April 13th, 2010 at 2:02 pm

I have an abusive relationship with most of the bands I like so I keep waiting for TPC to piss on me. But ‘Breakneck’ sounds like progression without the distortion of the band I like, love and listen to all the goddam time.

I’m anticipating this album like I stalked MW2 for almost a full year. A little corner of my brain will have blueballs until I can get my hands on the physical item on the Best Buy shelf.

Thanks guys.

Matt, on April 16th, 2010 at 10:17 am

a musica é perfeeeeeita *—-* mas eu nao aguento mais esperar pelo album ;(

amanda, on April 26th, 2010 at 7:46 pm

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