Our monthly recap of anything and everything in the world of Topshelf. We get you caught up on music from Mal Devisa and Subsonic Eye, up to date with a TL;DR digest of the last several weeks of Topshelf news, highlight how We've launched a donation initiative for aid in Gaza — Join us in the fight for liberation!, and even manage to fit in a newsletter exclusive deal for you too. Read on! ↓↓↓

Introducing Maneka

bathe and listen.

Maybe you know Philly DIY lifer Devin McKnight from other projects he's been in like Grass Is Green or Speedy Ortiz, but real ones know him for Maneka. On his 2025 follow-up LP (and first with us), bathes and listens, McKnight focuses his vision on Maneka's musical identity, resulting in a more grounded album that still tests the extremes of his songwriting talent.

Elements of shoegaze and slowcore are prominent throughout, but engineer Alex Farrar's exceptional production (Wednesday, Snail Mail, MJ Lenderman) makes bathes and listens cohesive, yet still distinct from any one style. The album is out everywhere October 29, 2025 and it's exceptional—we can't wait for you to hear it! For now, check out the double video for advance singles "shallowing" and "dimelo" or listen to them on your preferred listening service.

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Mal Devisa
Palimpsesa

Deja Carr’s lyrics for her recording project Mal Devisa are cleverly verbose, their delivery like lightning whispering into the haunting DIY spaces where she cut her teeth. Such boundless inspiration and style are central facets of Mal Devisa’s work, whose sonically and narratively unrestrained passages teem with empathy and liberatory visions for a better world.

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Subsonic Eye
Singapore Dreaming

Their fifth album, Singapore Dreaming, centers their hometown through a more focused lens. Where previous album All Around You comprised a space to sit with the complex feelings inspired by the intense world we inhabit, Singapore Dreaming is that intense world itself — Subsonic Eye’s interpretation of their high energy urban context refracted through straight-to-the-point, poppy, ergonomic songs tinged with tension that could explode at a moment’s notice. Despite the newly honed vision, Singapore Dreaming still has all of Subsonic Eye’s signature elements: spellbinding walls of tone, hooky riffs, zippy rhythms, and punches in the perfect place — all led by singer Nur Wahidah’s dreamlike voice, whose vaporous and velvety character always makes the layers whole.

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recent updates

With an active roster of artists from all around the world, we've got a lot going on as a label! Basically everyone is touring right now or will be soon, so check out who's headed your way:

Palestinian Liberation == Collective Liberation

We've launched a donation initiative for aid in Gaza — Join us in the fight for liberation! →

To combat the devastation caused and yet to come, we are raising funds for The Sameer Project, a donations based aid initiative run by Palestinians in the diaspora. Currently, The Sameer Project is focused on the distribution of food, water, and tents in South Gaza. Their work is of the utmost urgency as the Israeli blockade continues. Learn more about The Sameer Project and donate today read more →

the bottomshelf

2020 was kind of a sleeper year for releases for us. The next twenty people to use the code THROWBACK get 25% off your order of anything we released that year. pick something up →

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