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Cat: ABT 040LP. Rel: 15 Sep 14
Indie

Track 1. Way To Be Loved Track 2. Blind Faze Track 3. Circle The Dark Track 4. Outside Track 5. All the People Sleep Track 6. Sleeptalker Track 7. Superstition Future Track 8. 2 Shy Track 9. Change Of Heart Track 10. Easier Said Track 11. Driverless Passenger Track 12. Destination

Arriving from the Artubus scene in Montreal, Canada, Tops take a cottage-industry sensibility and ally it to a pastel-shaded AM radio aesthetic. As Picture You Staring reveals, the results are an oddly addictive pop confection that's equal parts stylish elan and filmic sweep, allied to a deftness of touch and melodic nous that marks Tops out from other indier-than-thou contemporaries. The band are a self-sufficient unit, engineering and producing their own records as well as making their own videos. This can't help but be clear by both the individuality of their approach and the originality of their sound. With melancholy touches balanced out elegantly against party-hearty spirit, Tops are carving out their own unique furrow in the indie-pop field.