Today, Montreal-based band TOPS unveiled the music video for “Falling on my Sword,” the third single from their upcoming album Bury the Key, out August 22, 2025 via Ghostly International.
Marking a shift in tone, the track leans into a more angsty yet subdued ’80s punk rock aesthetic, blending wiry guitar textures with a lo-fi melancholic edge.
Jane Penny’s unmistakable vocals add a layer of dreamy vulnerability that elevates the emotional pull of the song.
It’s a brooding but catchy cut that shows TOPS pushing their sound into darker, more introspective territory while maintaining their melodic charm.
About the track by TOPS:
“We were joking around quite a bit when we started writing this song, Jane was playing bass which is very out of the norm for us.
It’s written from the perspective of a teen girl who thinks that everyone sucks and the societal norm of monogamous commitment is pathetic.
I guess it could be from the perspective of an adult as well.
We tried to lay the song out in the form of a hardcore punk/beatdown tune, with tritone power chords and a breakdown (for moshing).
In the end it sounds more like a TOPS song than anything else but it was a fun diversion that led us to a cool new place.”
Falling on my Sword gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
TOPS – Falling on my Sword [Music Video]
