‘Cheer It On’ is the second single from Canadian quartet Tokyo Police Club and is lifted from their debut mini-album, A Lesson In Crime. Its rawness and nervous, high-wire energy is reminiscent of The Strokes circa Is This It, and is coupled with the skewed pop sensibility of The Flaming Lips.

This is more than a decent reason in itself to give Tokyo Police Club further consideration, but it is the accompanying track, ‘Citizens of Tomorrow (Space Ballad Version)’ that reveals the band as being a name to watch out for and a group that really could have a promising future. Had ‘Citizens…’ simply been another ‘Cheer It On’, then the jury might still have been out until the next release. However, in many ways it is the superior of the two, with more than a passing nod to the lilting beauty of Grandaddy.