TOPS announce new album with bright title-track "I Feel Alive"

"I Feel Alive" is the first single from TOPS since last year's "Echo of Dawn" / "Seven Minutes" singles.

TOPS' forthcoming record will be their first since 2017's Sugar at the Gate album.

They recorded the album in a basement studio in Montreal, recording for the first time with keyboardist Marta Cikojevic who joined the live band in 2017.

Vocalist Jane Penny says of recording with Cikojevic, "From the first time we practiced with her it was clear that we were in sync musically, and we found ourselves improvising together at the first rehearsal. Having Marta manning the keys allowed me to reach for my flute, and gave me the chance to integrate my flute playing with the writing process, using it as an expressive instrument rather than more production element which it has been in the past."

Penny adds, "We'd spent a lot of time apart, not working on new stuff or touring, just living life, all in different cities. When we went to make I Feel Alive we all had a good sense of what we were trying to do and a renewed energy towards playing together. The goal was to get in a room together and play, not holding anything back."

Guitarist David Carriere says, "It was a quick process. We would work all day writing a song and then demo them the same evening, relying on our natural chemistry as a band to let the songs come into their own."

Tracklist:

1. Direct Sunlight
2. I Feel Alive
3. Pirouette
4. Ballads & Sad Movies
5. Colder & Closer
6. Witching Hour
7. Take Down
8. Drowning In Paradise
9. OK Fine Whatever
10. Looking To Remember
11. Too Much