EXCLUSIVE: Stream Tokyo Tea Room’s ‘Key Philosophy’ EP

Kent’s Tokyo Tea Room have slayed the short time that they’ve been a band. Their debut EP ‘Key Philosophy’, released via Sexx Tapes, is a monumental effort of dreamy, colourful and encompassing indie pop with whirls of psychedelia.

TTR started off as the brain child of guitarist Daniel Elliott, before meeting the rest of the band (vocalist Beth Plumb, bassist Ben Marshall, drummer Sam Teather and guitarist Graham Nunn) at the much loved Canterbury burrito house/DIY music venue, Club Burrito.

The EP from the quintet is so killer, and so approachable. Driven by pop, melodies and harmonies contour the band’s atmospheric sound that they’ve mastered within just a year of being together. What’s so great about Tokyo, is that they don’t sound like anyone else, there’s no one else out there like them, creating this unique, ethereal indie alt rock. Yes, the comparisons to Wolf Alice come in thick and fast, but TTR create a sound that’s fuller, more animated and intricate, but at the same time retains a mean attitude and educated dignity. The music they make is truly and irrevocably charismatic, and the EP they’ve created is a delightful and mystically haunting reverie you will never want to steer from.

‘Sleep’ is the dreamy lead single from the EP, and of the track Dan explains: “I had just bought my first badass fuzz pedal, and the premise for ‘Sleep’ just seemed to ooze out. One day we were in a rehearsal and everyone had gone out for a break except Graham and I. So I showed him the chords for ‘Sleep’ and he pretty much instantly sang the melody… by the time the rest of the band came back from their break we had written a whole song.”

Keep up to date with the band on Facebook: facebook.com/tokyotearoom

Get your physical tape copy/digital download via Sexx Tapes: http://bit.ly/1XVKrYn