TOPS – I Feel Alive

"I Feel Alive" is already the fourth studio album by Tops, who hail from the Canadian indie scene. They last attracted attention with their "Sugar At The Gate" album released in 2017 and the singles "Echo of Dawn" and "Seven Minutes" that followed last year.

The Tops sound with grandiose melodies over feather-light indie grooves and a hint of 80s sophisti-pop sounds bolder and more expansive than ever and is now considered unmistakable.

In addition to the soaring melodies and crisp production, the content of "I Feel Alive" deals with the agony of leaving old things behind. It is an introspective record that you can dance to, music that strikes and how the memory of a perfect yet doomed love affair, with all its joy and pain, becomes a part of life forever.

The artwork for "I Feel Alive" sets the tone! Inspired by the work of photographer Thomas Ruff, Tops singer Jane Penney stares bare-faced into the lens - simple and unposed, but strikingly rigid and vulnerable. Attributes that can also be transferred to the music.