EP Review: Rebel Priest – Lost In Tokyo (Batcave Records)

Vancouver’s Rebel Priest is well known in Western Canada for pumping out solid rock n roll tracks and putting on a deadly, old-school stage show. They have three full-length albums to date and to make sure people haven’t forgotten about them, have a four-track EP coming out called, Lost In Tokyo. It will be released on August 13th, 2021.

The star of this EP is the titular title track.A story about their first couple of nights in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Japan, which is famed for its entertainment including buzzing clubs and neon-lit karaoke bars.

As the band themselves explain:

This is your own personal guide to downtown Tokyo. This song will take you on a ride through Shinjuku on your way to Golden Gai, waking up in Shimokitazawa then taking the train to Shibuya and hanging with the strangers in Harajuku. This is based on a true story, though piecing the story together is a bit sloppy because it was over a few days. This is our love song to our favourite city in the world.

It’s such a blast of high-powered hard rocking energy, this a fun track that will make you want to visit the city and get lost.

The other tracks are quality too. Back Alley Blues has a Motorhead flavour with a groovy-ass chorus and Vulgar Romance’s sleazy guitar rhythm helps make it one hell of a body-shaker. The last track is a cover of Slash Puppet’s When the Whip Comes Down and fits perfectly with the whole ‘good time’ vibes of this record.

Simple and fun rocking music.

Rebel Priest – Lost in Tokyo Full Track Listing:

1. Lost in Tokyo
2. Back Alley Blues
3. Vulgar Romance
4. When the Whip Comes Down (Slash Puppet Cover)

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