TOPS - ICU2

TOPS — musicians David Carriere, Jane Penny, Marta Cikojevic, and Riley Fleck — write timeless music that reliably threads immediacy and depth. Emerging from Montréal's DIY scene in the early 2010s as progenitors of an indie pop sound still radiating its influence across the contemporary landscape, their secret to longevity is simple: keep the songwriting honest and open-hearted and the recording unforced yet pristine, allowing for a band dynamic deeply attuned at every level. Their glowing, grooving, self-produced songs outline the silhouettes of life, and as time goes on, TOPS have only gotten better at what they do.

Streaming today after its live debut at Coachella, their new single "ICU2" is pure flirtation, a classic uptempo TOPS song sprung from a playful exchange between Jane Penny and Marta Cikojevic. Beneath the grooves, though, the hide-and-seek club scene hints at a hall of mirrors. It's the first glimpse of a new era for the band, now masters of their melodic craft yet unafraid of evolving.