Photo credit: JJ Stratford
TOPS are back with the third offering from the new album ‘Bury The Key’. This new single is called ‘Falling on my sword’, which channels Carriere’s love of hardcore punk from an arrangement perspective, “but played in our style” he says. “We were joking around quite a bit when we started writing this song, Jane was playing bass which is very out of the norm for us. It’s written from the perspective of a teen girl who thinks that everyone sucks and the societal norm of monogamous commitment is pathetic. I guess it could be from the perspective of an adult as well. We tried to lay the song out in the form of a hardcore punk/beatdown tune, with tritone power chords and a breakdown (for moshing). In the end it sounds more like a TOPS song than anything else but it was a fun diversion that led us to a cool new place.”
Listen to all 3 singles right here and check out the tour dates below
Sep 4 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
Sep 5 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Sep 6 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile (EARLY SHOW)
Sep 8 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Sep 9 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Sep 11 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada – Outdoor Stage
Sep 12 – Houston, TX @ Heights Theater
Sep 14 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
Sep 15 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
Sep 17 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
Sep 18 – San Diego, CA @ Belly Up
Sep 19 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Sep 20 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
Oct 1 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Oct 2 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
Oct 3 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
Oct 4 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage
Oct 6 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
Oct 7 – Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall
Oct 8 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Oct 9 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
Oct 11 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
Oct 14 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Oct 16 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
Oct 17 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Oct 18 – Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Beanfield
Nov 10 – Brighton, UK @ Patterns
Nov 11 – London, UK @ Heaven
Nov 13 – Dublin, IE @ Workmans Club
Nov 14 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
Nov 15 – Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
Nov 17 – Leeds, UK @ The Brudenell Social Club
Nov 18 – Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade
Nov 20 – Kortrijk, BE @ Wilde Westen
Nov 21 – Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere
Nov 22 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
Nov 23 – Vlaardingen, NL @ De Kroepoekfabriek
Nov 24 – Hamburg, DE @ Nochtspeicher
Nov 26 – Berlin, DE @ Neue Zukunft
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