Acclaimed Montréal-based JOVM mainstay collective La Sécurité — Éliane Viens (vocals, synths, percussion and drums), Félix Bélisle (bass, synths, percussion, piano and production), Kenny Smith (drum, guitar), Laurence Anne Charest-Gagné (guitar, percussion, vocals) and Melissa Di Menna (guitar, synths, vocals, percussion and artwork) — released their highly-anticipated Emmanuel Éthier and Félix Bélisle co-produced sophomore album Bingo! earlier this year.
The album which features “Detour,” “Ketchup,” album title track “Bingo,” “Snack City,” “‘Deny,” and “Nah Nah” tackles knotty themes like mental health e autonomization of women, and dysfunctional relationships with their custom moxie. Other songs playfully muse about food or address everyday mundanity with sarcasm and irony. Sonically, the album sees the band continuing to meander in and around the fringes of punk, New Wave, krautock and dance punk while mischievously floating stylistic form every chance they get. Interestingly. while anchored around their usage of polyrhythm, counterintuitive chord changes and subtle melodic and harmonic dissonance, the album’s material sees the band incorporating more New Wave, no wave, noise rock and even shoegaze elements of the sound that has quickly won them international acclaim.
Last week, the Montréal-based JOVM mainstays announced that will be returning to the states for a December 2026 tour to support Bingo!, which was released through Mothland here in the States and Canada and Bella Union globally. The tour will include a December 4, 2026 stop at Night Club 101, as well as stops in Boston; Philadelphia, Charlotte, Atlanta, Nashville, St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, and Carrboro, NC. Atlanta-based Mothland labelmates CDSM will be joining for a handful of the tour dates.
Tour dates:
Dec 1 Boston, MA @ Deep Cuts
Dec 3 Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA *
Dec 4 New York, NY @ Night Club 101 *
Dec 6 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle Back Room *
Dec 8 Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor *
Dec 9 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl *
Dec 10 Nashville, TN @ The Basement
Dec 11 St-Louis, MO @ The Sinkhole
Dec 12 Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
Dec 13 Detroit, MI @ Lager House
* With CDSM
For more information and tickets, check out https://www.mothland.com/la-securite.
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