mp3: Citizens of Tomorrow

Dear Tokyo Police Club,

Remember a couple of years ago when hipster culture was totally obsessed with robots? and vs.? Robots vs. monkeys vs. coal miners vs. bong boys. I don’t think I see it too much anymore. Maybe we have all seen Children of Men and have come to understand that robots are the thing that we have to worry about the least in the next 20 years. But I do have to admit that there is something about a post robot apolocalyptic landscape that is utterly captivating. Maybe it is that we are so obsessed with technology right now, and in many ways we feel that technology is changing the ways that we interact with each other, and that robots just seem like the next logical step. Will the robots (insert technology) destroy us or will we have to power to destroy them?

Either way, if we do end up in a war your EP A Lesson in Crime can be a discful of our anthems. We will listen to it in the morning on the way to school to take classes on how to destroy the robots. Overall the EP is quite good, it sounds as if the amazing Salt Lake band Redd Tape, settled their differences, tightened up a bit, and turned their amps up a few notches. However, in the end it is a bit like a pixy stick, I put it on to place a little pep in my day, to do some anti-robot training. But by the time that I finally hit my stride — the darn thing is over. Technology!!

Carpe Diem,

Rob

dot net

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