''Forcefield'' is the third

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

released by the Canadian band

Tokyo Police Club Tokyo Police Club was an indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2005, it consisted of vocalist and bassist Dave Monks, keyboardist Graham Wright, guitarist Josh Hook, and drummer Greg Alsop. The band found early success with ...

on March 24, 2014 through

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in North America and

Memphis Industries Memphis Industries is a British independent record label. Memphis Industries was established as a record label in 1998 by the brothers Ollie and Matt Jacob with the first release being Blue States' Forever EP. It is perhaps best known for T ...

in the UK/Europe.Tokyo Police Club aren’t kids anymore
(The A.V. Club)

Critical reception

At ''

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'', Bree Davies rated the album four stars out of five, writing that the release "makes good on being more than just a referential record" on which it "doesn't feel like enough of a good thing."

Track listing

Personnel

* Dave Monks – producer, songwriter, musician * Graham Wright – songwriter, musician * Josh Hooks – songwriter, musician * Greg Alsop – songwriter, musician *

Doug Boehm Doug Boehm (born November 4, 1969) is an American record producer and sound engineer who specializes predominantly in the rock music genre and has worked in collaboration with Rob Schnapf on a number of occasions. He produced the releases of th ...

– producer, engineer *

Mark Needham Mark Needham is an American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music, including: Blue October, Newsboys, Fleetwood Mac, The Killers, Imagine Dragons, Chris Isaak, John Hiatt, Michelle Branch, ...

– mixing, additional production, songwriting (tracks: 6, 8) *

Tim Pagnotta Sugarcult was an American rock band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 1998. The band consisted of Tim Pagnotta (vocals, rhythm guitar), Airin Older (bass), Marko DeSantis (lead guitar), and Kenny Livingston (drums). History Formation ( ...

– songwriting (track: 2) * Chris Stringer – additional production * Blackbear – additional production (tracks: 6,8) * Jared Hirshland – engineer * Jason Dufour – engineer * Jeff Pelletier – engineer * Will Brierre – assistant mixing * Luke McCutcheon – artwork * Oscar Saragossi – artwork * Stuart Pearce – artwork * Trevor Wheatley – artwork

References

2014 albums Tokyo Police Club albums Dine Alone Records albums Memphis Industries albums Mom + Pop Music albums Albums produced by Doug Boehm {{2010s-indie-rock-album-stub