The two songs I’ve heard from Montreal’s TOPS have a AM frequency soft-rock and bright vintage dynamics quality to them. It sounds like an amateur (but well-executed) indie record beamed from another era where tape and borrowed studio time ruled the world. That’s a big positive for me – what these songs evoke but then again, part of that may be because they are unmastered…
The band consists of Jane Penny, David Carriere, Thomas Gillies and Riley Fleck, three of which were formerly Silly Kissers (great name) and so far releases have come through through Arbutus Records home to Grimes and Blue Hawaii, as well as Bandcamp.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
