La Sécurité
Montreal art-punk collective La Sécurité announce new album Bingo! due 12th June via Bella Union in the UK/EU, Mothland in North America. and the album’s title track, “Bingo”, a clever latter-day nod to early-2000s disco punk about embracing inspiration as it comes, fuelled by frantic drums and crunchy bass as well as a slew of hooks. The single’s hypnotic video, directed by Philippe Beauséjour and featuring his distinctive signature cutout animation.
Photo Credit: Kristin Sollecito
Commenting on the track La Sécurité say: “The lyrics came following a suggestion from Félix to describe a game of Bingo, to put into words the social life of an old folks home—elderly people that are young at heart, hence the references to Orange Crush, little hats, etc. The bass line and its tone are a tribute to Death From Above 1979.”
While writing the album, the group—Éliane Viens (vocals, synthesizers, percussion, drums), Félix Bélisle (bass, synthesizers, percussion, piano, production), Kenny Smith (drums, guitar), Laurence Anne Charest-Gagné (guitar, percussion, vocals), and Melissa Di Menna (guitar, synthesizers, vocals, percussion, artworks)—indulged in jazz-tinged musical envolées, improvising many of the hooks to be found on the record. Songs were then carefully encapsulated by engineer Renny Wilson (Nap Eyes, Mitch Davis, Faith Healer, etc.), using rare ribbon microphones and vintage compressors—with the band playing live off-the-floor—before being mixed by co-producers Félix Bélisle and Emmanuel Éthier (Corridor, Population II, Chocolat, etc.) and mastered by Robin Schmidt (Pixies, The Hives, Viagra Boys, etc.). In turn, Bingo! aptly harnesses La Sécurité’s natural sound, which fuses calculated musical chaos and uncanny musicality in dealing a powerful and distinct barrage of decibels.
La Sécurité UK / EU live schedule:
16 May – Paris, FR – Supersonic Block Party
17 May – Nantes, FR – La Lune Froide
19 May – Tourcoing, FR – Le Grand Mix
20 May – Brussels, BE – La Source
21 May – Eindhoven, NL – Effenaar
23 May – Bristol, UK – Dot to Dot
24 May – Derbyshire, UK – Bearded Theory
24 May – Nottingham, UK – Dot to Dot
26 May – Leeds, UK – Oporto
27 May – Norwich, UK – Voodoo Daddy’s
28 May – Rotterdam, NL – Rotown
29 May – Berlin, DE – Urban Spree
30 May – Neustrelitz, DE – Immergut Festival
2 June – Lyon, FR – Sonic
3 June – Marseille, FR – Intermediare
4 June – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Pro
5 June – Toulouse, FR – Labo des Arts
6 June – Nimes, FR – This is not a Love Song
18 July – Banffy Castle, ROU – Electric Castle
25 July – Topcliffe, UK – Deer Shed
1 August – Steinhausen, CH – Waldstock
6 August – Haldern, DE – Haldern Pop
