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This young Canadian bunch produced some of this year's most advanced music to date. They fly through hollow synth solos and wade through boastful bass with vocals switching between dramatic sing-alongs and melancholy wanderings, with lyrics telling stories of robots and blogs, as well as the mundane life of us twentysomethings. \nThey evoke Bloc Party, The Killers and The Strokes -- sometimes all at once.\nNot that everything is perfect in Tokyo: Someone tell these boys and girls that songs can go on after the solo! And, to date, the lyrics are a bit shallow. But fans should and can expect their lyrics to become a little more grounded in real life dramas as they mature, much like how The Decemberists have kept their stylings while growing. \nKey track: "Nature Of The Experiment"