TOPS singer Jane Penny released her debut EP ‘Surfacing’ via Luminelle Recordings.
Seven tracks of wonderful dreamy smooth 80s-pop rock music.
About the EP:
While a solo endeavor had been ruminating for Penny for a few years already, it was after TOPS’ European tour in March 2020 – when Penny and her then-partner, musician Adam Byczkowski (Better Person), found themselves ill with long COVID – that Surfacing came to materialize.
Written, produced and recorded by the classically-trained Penny between Berlin and Montreal, Surfacing was made over the course of mostly-isolated years as Penny acted as caretaker for her bed-ridden partner. Whereas all of TOPS’ music – crafted as a cohesive unit – consists of fleshed-out instrumentation like drums, bass, guitar and keyboard, Surfacing is an exploration of creating one’s own world, through electronic music, samples and production, with the only “organic” sounds being Penny’s voice, her flute and the occasional wind chime.
Surfacing gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.