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Store Categories TOPS Sugar At The Gate / LP NEW COLORED VINYL / Arbutus 2017
indie-only yellow vinyl version - For Sugar At The Gate, their third and most ambitious album to date, Montreal's TOPS peaced out to LA. They lived and recorded at "Glamdale", a mini-mansion and former brothel located in the Jewel City, Glendale, CA. The unassuming record unfolds slowly, taking time to reveal itself. Like nearly everything TOPS does, multiple meanings overlap with the album's title referring to orgasm, but also to carrot chasing, gatekeeping, and the social contract. "Living in LA was living out a teenage fantasy," says vocalist-songwriter Jane Penny, "living with your band and practicing in the garage. It was also the first time we’ve ever had that much space to make music. I took the experience of living LA as a challenge to make music that I know is real to me, in the sense of it feeling true and containing true feelings, but also recordings of great songs, the real thing." Layers of sarcasm and sincerity seem to enfold the group like flower petals, yet TOPS' flawless musicianship and profound grasp of pop fundamentals are the surest sign that at the core, it's all as real as it sounds.
A1 Cloudy Skies
A2 Further
A3 Petals
A4 Dayglow Bimbo
A5 Marigold & Gray
B1 Cutlass Cruiser
B2 Hours Between
B3 I Just Wanna Make You Real
B4 Seconds Erase
B5 Topless