Luckily for music lovers, the music scene today is much like the universe, it is continuously expanding. Just about every day or so a new band is materializing and casting their songs into the fray. Being the amateur astronomer that I am, whilst stargazing recently I spotted the band TOPS streaking across the sky of my purview. Now, I’m not one to succumb to wild conjecture concerning bands of another time and place, but I must admit this band has a sound not well known nor oft encountered, let alone appreciated. But, as always so much of a band’s appeal is determined by exposure to the right audience, and I’m hoping the audience I write for is listening with their ears wide-open. When I first listened to the song “Turn Your Love Around” it reminded me of something out of the mid to late 60’s era. It sounds 60’s chic with a modern anesthetic and sensibility, not so much flower child, as an reinvention of the likes of an Marianne Faithful or Gayle McCormick, but conjoined with present day 21st century modernity. Yes, it may sound a bit 60-ish, strutting around in new white knee-high boots, but it also sounds new and capable of introducing listeners to a classic sound reexamined. Both the songs “Turn Your Love Around” and “Diamond Look” are tracks from the forthcoming full-length album Tender Opposites. You can Pre-Order via Arbutus Records a cassette format or CD. However, the cool thing about the cassette is it will have: Continue reading “tops // turn your love around”
