Montreal-based band TOPS have announced their new EP Empty Seats, which will arrive on May 10 via their own label Musique TOPS. To accompany the announcemnt, TOPS have shared the new single ‘Perfected Steps’. Check it out below, along with the band’s upcoming tour dates.
“‘Perfected Steps’ is about some right wing aging loser clinging to their glory days, values out of sync with reality,” Jane Penny explained in a statement. “It feels like for some reason people like this still have an enormous presence in everybody’s lives and it’s super irritating. We thought that maybe if we write a song placing this mentality in the past where it belongs we could bully this vibe peacefully out of existence.”
Empty Seats will include the previously released songs ‘Waiting’ and ‘Party Again’. TOPS’ last album was 2020’s I Feel Alive.
Empty Seats EP Cover Artwork:
Empty Seats EP Tracklist:
1. Perfected Steps
2. Janet Planet
3. Waiting
4. Party Again
5. Future Waits
TOPS 2022 Tour Dates:
Apr 5 – Hamilton, ON – Bridgeworks
Apr 6 – London, ON – Rum Runners
Apr 7 – St. Catharines, ON – Warehouse
Apr 8 – Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre
Apr 21 – Cairo, EG – Cairo Jazz Club
May 21 – Amsterdam, NL – London Calling @ Paradiso
May 23 – Birmingham, UK – Hare and Hounds
May 24 – Bristol, UK – Exchange
May 26 – Liverpool, UK – Jimmy’s
May 27 – Manchester, UK – YES
May 28 – Glasgow, UK – Stereo
May 29 – Leeds, UK – The Brudenell Social Club
May 30 – Nottingham, UK – Bodega
Jun 1 – London, UK – Village Underground
Jun 3 – Groningen, NL – Vera
Jun 4 – Utrecht, NL – Ekko
Jun 5 – Brussels, BE – Botanique
Jun 6 – Paris, FR – La Boule Noire
Jun 8 – Lyon, FR – Sonic
Jun 10 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound
Jun 13 – Bologna, IT – Covo Summer
Jun 14 – Zurich, CH – Komplex 457
Jun 15 – Munich, DE – Strom
Jun 17 – Prague, CZ – Underdogs Ballroom
Jun 19 – Berlin, DE – Berghain Kantine
Jun 21 – Copenhagen, DK – Pumpehuset Byhaven
Jun 22 – Gothenburg, SE – Oceanen
Jun 23 – Stockholm, SE – Hus 7
Jun 24 – Oslo, NO – John Dee
Jun 26 – Malmö, SE – Plan B
Jun 28 – Opole, PO – Klubokawiarnia
Jun 29 – Warsaw, PO – Poglos
