Montréal’s beloved art-pop group TOPS returns with “Annihilation,” a swirling, fill-heavy single that marks their boldest turn yet. It’s the latest peek into their upcoming album Bury the Key, dropping August 22 via Ghostly International. Born from drummer Riley Fleck’s hypnotic rhythm and layered with cosmic unease, “Annihilation” is both elegy and anthem—an existential groove for a collapsing world.
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“It’s easy to fear the future,” the band shares, “but nothing is ever finished—you just follow your heart.” The track nods to influences like YMO and pays homage to fallen cultural icons like Sinéad O’Connor and Ryuichi Sakamoto, who shaped the band’s sonic world.
TOPS—Jane Penny, David Carriere, Marta Cikojevic, and Riley Fleck—are stepping into a new era. Bury the Key embraces disco’s shadowy side, blending their signature soft-focus pop with sharper textures, deeper grooves, and lyrical themes of love, self-destruction, and apocalypse. It’s not a reinvention—it’s an evolution.
The album is their first since 2020 and the first on Ghostly International, and it arrives after years of shaping pop from the margins of Montréal’s DIY scene to stages around the globe. As always, they’ve done it all themselves—writing, producing, and fine-tuning every detail.
Whether you’re a long-time fan or just discovering them, Bury the Key is TOPS at their most poignant and powerful.