Bury the Key

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Bury the Key
Bury the Key by TOPS album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Tops
ReleasedAugust 22, 2025 (2025-08-22)
Label Ghostly International
Tops chronology
I Feel Alive
(2020)		Bury the Key
(2025)

Bury the Key is the fifth studio album by Canadian band Tops, released on 22 August 2025 by Ghostly International. [1] It is the band's first full-length release since 2020's I Feel Alive and their first on Ghostly International. [2] A 12-track listing was revealed with the announcement and on the band's Bandcamp page. [3]

Contents

Background

Press materials describe Bury the Key as a self-produced set written after the group signed to Ghostly International, emphasizing a darker, more "sinister disco" edge while maintaining their sophisti-pop sound. [2] According to the band's Bandcamp notes, the album addresses "feelings once locked away" and weighs happiness, hedonism and self-destruction; although many songs speak through fictional characters, they draw on personal observations of intimacy, toxic behaviour, drug use and apocalyptic dread. During the sessions the group jokingly referred to the shift as "evil Tops", a phrase singer Jane Penny used to describe an effort to better "channel the world around us". [3]

Release and promotion

Tops announced the album alongside the single "Chlorine" on 28 May 2025. [4] [5] Ahead of the announcement, the band released "ICU2" on 30 April 2025, coinciding with news of their signing to Ghostly International. [6] [7] Subsequent singles included "Falling on My Sword" in late June 2025 [8] and "Annihilation" in July 2025. [9] The album was released on 22 August 2025 in multiple formats, including LP, CD, cassette and digital. [1] [3]

Track listing

Adapted from Bandcamp and label materials. [3] [2]

Bury the Key track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Stars Come After You"4:20
2."Wheels at Night"2:34
3."ICU2"2:42
4."Outstanding in the Rain"2:55
5."Annihilation"3:22
6."Falling on My Sword"2:27
7."Call You Back"2:11
8."Chlorine"2:41
9."Mean Streak"3:05
10."Your Ride"3:18
11."Standing at the Edge of Fire"2:47
12."Paper House"3:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from official materials. [2] [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat(s)
WorldwideAugust 22, 2025Ghostly InternationalLP, CD, cassette, digital download/streaming [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bury the Key (pre-order)". Ghostly International. Ghostly International. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bury the Key – bundle (Ghostly International)". Secretly Store. Secretly Group. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bury the Key". Bandcamp. Tops. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "TOPS Announce New Album Bury The Key: Hear "Chlorine"". Stereogum. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "TOPS Announce New Album 'Bury the Key'". Still Listening. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "ICU2". Bandcamp. TOPS. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "TOPS share "ICU2" and sign to Ghostly International". The Line of Best Fit. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "TOPS Share New Single "Falling On My Sword": Listen". Stereogum. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "TOPS Share New Song "Annihilation": Listen". Stereogum. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
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