No, they’re the another band from Canada. No double necked guitars or papier mache noses here, if that’s ok with you. Not that La Sécurité aren’t in their own way as off the wall or as their fellow Canuck art-rockers Angine De Poitrine, or lack profile. Outliers then yes, but the quintet Éliane Viens (vocals), Félix Bélisle (bass) Kenny Smith (drums), Laurence Anne Charest-Gagné (guitar) and Melissa Di Menna (guitar, synthesizers, vocals) earned themselves a Polaris Award nomination in 2024 for their debut album Stay Safe!
Mixing the absurd with pin-sharp, Devo-esque grooves, touring slots with The Go! Team and The Rapture followed, but Bingo! is that difficult second album, a game in which you have to decide to stick, twist, or try and do both. Recorded virtually as live in the studio and with lyrics occasionally improv’d, whatever the outcomes were likely to be, polished and straightforward wasn’t them.
And it’s not. But what Bingo! can claim to be is smart and clever, as Viens deadpans her way through masses of wonky disco whilst doing a great Lætitia Sadier impression. Chief amongst the treats is Ketchup, Deny and Sex Worker paean Trixie, but whilst Princesse offers some reflection, it’s opener Snack City that melds all the bits together into its sexy, sulphurous peak. It’s not them, but it is good.
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