Lead singer Jane Penny’s breathy vocals are both nostalgic and celebratory and float effortlessly on David Carriere’s guitar licks, Riley Fleck’s drums and Marta Cikojevic’s keyboard lines. Adam Byczkowski also joins on bass for this session.

Tops’ fourth album, I Feel Alive, was released on April 3 and came after a sabbatical where all band members were living in different cities. The separation built energy and when the band members reconvened in Montreal they were refreshed with creativity and passion. They embraced the pressure of a deadline and laid down the bones of the album before decamping for a month in Berlin.