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Release Date: 08/22/2025Format: LPLabel: Ghostly Int'lRelease type: Muck (Green/Yellow) Vinyl LP Pressing Marta Cikojevic, and Riley Fleck - write timeless music that reliably thre ads immediacy and depth. Bury the Key, their first full-length since 2020 and with new label home Ghostly International, is a captivating reintroduction for the Montréal band: ever refined, undoubtedly masters of their melodic craft yet unafraid of evolving and testing themselves against different, at times darker tones. The album faces feelings once locked away, engaging the give-and-take between happiness, hedonism, and self-destruction. While often inhabited by fictional figures, their glowing, grooving, self-produced songs draw from personal observations: intimacy (both inside and outside the band), toxic behavior, drug use, and apocalyptic dread. When recording started, they noticed a shift and leaned in, jokingly dubbed "evil Tops," says Penny. "We're always kind of seen as a soft band or like naive or friendly in a Canadian way, but we made it a challenge to really channel the world around us." Through the lens of a looming epoch and the clarity that comes with age, Tops dip into a more sinister disco realm with Bury the Key, giving their soft-focus sophisti-pop a sharpened edge. Stars Come After You Wheels at Night Icu2 Outstanding in the Rain Annihilation Falling on My Sword Call You Back Chlorine Mean Streak Your Ride Standing at the Edge of Fire Paper House Show more