About Tophouse:

Expectations versus reality. Unbridled optimism versus rugged lived experience. Theory versus
Practice.

This is the conflict at the center of Tophouse’s dueling new EPs.

Theory, released in May 2024, brims with hope, optimism, and the unshakeable knowledge that
hard circumstances and people can change for the better.

The new EP, Practice is different. While the band’s intricate arrangements and high-energy
performances carry through, the subject matter and outlook of these new songs stands in stark
contrast to the upbeat and hopeful worldview of Theory.

“We didn’t start out writing these songs with a two-part set of EPs in mind,” says lead vocalist
Joe Larson. “But when they were written and we were looking at how to arrange them on an
album, the clear delineation of themes became pretty apparent. The idealistic, hopeful worldview
that we can all strive for in Theory, up against the hard reality that life doesn’t always work out
the way we want in Practice.”