TOPS SHARES "DRIVERLESS PASSENGER" MUSIC VIDEO VIA NOISEY ANNOUNCES WORLD TOUR DATES |
 Credit: Rebecca Storm |
TOPS has released an all new video for their single "Driverless Passenger" off of their sophomore album Picture You Staring. Check out the amazing Jason Harvey-directed visual via Noisey. The Montreal based band is heading out on a full blown world tour this April. Check out the video above and see below for all upcoming tour dates. Tour Dates: April 8th - Pittsburgh, PA @ Cattivo TICKETS April 11th - Bloomington, IN @ WIUX Culture Shock, IU, Dunn Meadow April 12th - Lexington, KY @ Al's Bar April 14th - Charlotte, NC @ Sung Harbour TICKETS April 16th - Baltimore, MD @ The Crown TICKETS May 1st - Winooski, VT @ Walking Windows Music & Arts Festival TICKETS May 6th - Dublin, IE @ Whelan's TICKETS May 7th - Sheffield, UK @ Bungalows and Bears TICKETS May 8th - Leeds, UK @ Nation of Shopkeepers TICKETS May 9th - Liverpool, UK @ Shipping Forecast TICKETS May 11th - Birmingham, UK @ The Hare & Hounds TICKETS May 12th - Bristol, Avon, UK @ Start The Bus TICKETS May 13th Manchester, UK @ Gullivers TICKETS May 14th - London, UK @ Bethnal Green Working Men's Club TICKETS May 15th - Brighton, UK @ The Great Escape TICKETS May 16th - Brussels, BE @ Les Nuits Botanique TICKETS May 19th - Luxembourg, LU @ De Gudde Wëllen TICKETS May 20th - Rotterdam, NL @ WORM TICKETS May 21st - Hamburg, DE @ Aalhaus TICKETS May 23rd - Mannheim, DE @ Maifield Derby Festival TICKETS May 24th - Dortmund, DE @ Way Back When Festival TICKETS May 25th - Munich, DE @ Pfingst Theatron Festival TICKETS May 26th - Prague, CZ @ 007 Club Strahov TICKETS May 27th - Leipzig, DE @ Goldhorn May 28th - Berlin, DE @ Privat Club TICKETS May 30th - Copenhagen, DK @ Vega, Ideal Bar TICKETS June 1st - Stockholm, SE @ Lilla Hotellbaren TICKETS June 3rd - Amsterdam, NL @ OT301 TICKETS June 5th - Lyon, FR @ Marche Gare TICKETS June 6th - Bordeaux, FR @ Heretic Club TICKETS June 7th - Marseille, FR @ Humeur Massacrante TICKETS June 9th - Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere TICKETS June 10th - Lille, FR @ La Peniche TICKETS June 13th - Toronto, ON @ Bestival TICKETS About TOPS: TOPS are a four-piece band from Montreal, equal parts girls and guys, delivering a raw punk take on AM studio pop. Their new record, Picture You Staring, is a lush array of timelessly crafted songs. Picture You Staring gathers strength through intimacy. Self-written, recorded, produced, and the result of 12 months holed up in Arbutus Records' Montreal warehouse. This album contains 12 impeccable examples of pop craftsmanship that will reward repeat listeners. Singer Jane Penny gives a voice to the silent girl at the edge of the circle, disillusioned but honest and unpretentious, a tone complemented by David Carriere's seamless guitar playing and the measured drumming of Riley Fleck. TOPS' songs are delivered with a cool restraint that blend with the individuality and self-assured desire of their female lead. David and Jane met in middle school, but didn't stay in touch until they reunited in Montreal where they've been collaborating since 2009. Unintentionally initiating a pop music scene in Montreal, their strange homemade recordings have gained an international following. In 2011 they joined Riley Fleck and started jamming at the loft space La Brique where they wrote and recorded their first record,Tender Opposites. TOPS continue to engineer and produce their own records and make their own videos in collaboration with fellow artists and filmmakers. In opposition to commercially driven pop music, TOPS pursuit lies in creating moving songs that succeed earnestly, disregarding trends and myth-making. Jane, David and Riley have equal footing with their respective instruments and their sparring exceeds the imagination of any individual. For their new record TOPS have enlisted Madeline Glowicki to play bass. Like Jane and David, Madeline grew up in Edmonton, Alberta and went to the same elementary as Jane. A natural musician, and contributor to the Editorial magazine, the band are happy to have another prairie girl on board. LA based painter Jessica Dean Harrison created the artwork especially for the release. It is a conceptual interpretation of the record's title, continued in a large poster depicting a group scene, included with the purchase of a vinyl record.  TOPS Picture You Staring (Arbutus Records) iTunes: http://apple.co/1yBZ7wN Physical: http://tinyurl.com/pqoh8t9 1. Way To Be Loved 2. Blind Faze 3. Circle The Dark 4. Outside 5. All The People Sleep 6. Sleeptalker 7. Superstition Future 8. 2 Shy 9. Change of Heart 10. Easier Said 11. Driverless Passenger 12. Destination |