La Securite:
La Sécurité (Montréal/Tiohtià:ke) is a collective whose art punk is equal parts: jumpy beats, off-kilter arrangements and minimalistic melodic hooks. The music is all about living dangerously, perfectly agreeable to being blasted onto dancefloors; while the lyrics share the ethos of the Riot Grrrl movement, and celebrate the autonomization of women, friends (mean and nice) as well as benevolence. These five scattered, yet creatively concerted entities also propose a wide arsenal of D.I.Y. music videos, visuals, screenprints, patented dance moves, etcetera! Debut album Stay Safe! (June 16th, 2023 via Mothland) showcases songs that are empowering, flush with urgency, but also denote a dash of melancholia. Bill Pearis from BrooklynVegan describes the long-player as “an enticing batch of party-friendly jams shouted in sneering Franglais that recall everything from Le Tigre to Neu! to Kleenex/Liliput (also Montreal’s Duchess Says)”. As they gear up for their forthcoming US tour supporting The Go! Team, La Sécurité tease us with a first single via British imprint Bella Union, dancy-topsy-curvy “Detour” (October 22nd, 2024), also available on the other side of the pond via boutique label Mothland (CA/US).
congratulations:
congratulations are four friends who found each other at the right time, fell into each other’s arms and started making music they liked; boasting an impressive array of different influences, unashamedly intertwined into their songs. Think girl/boy centred vocals and eccentric fuzzed guitars lying on a bed of break beats and thunderous bass.
Fiercely DIY, congratulations craft their songs with all four members meticulously involved in every aspect of the recording, production, and artwork. Then, donning their scrupulously prepared uniforms of green, blue, red and yellow, the band deliver blistering, frenetic live performances, dripping with the sweat from their growing audiences.
For fans of Pom Poko, Jockstrap and Sleigh Bells.
“It’s like a car boot sale of all great pop mashed together in a bricolage of boogie” – Louder Than War
Loved by BBC6’s Marc Riley who invited the band for a live session at BBC Salford in Manchester, more radio play from John Kennedy at Radio X, Melita Dennett at BBC Introducing, Jess Iszatt and Nels Hylton at BBC Radio 1