Montreal’s finest art-punk chaos merchants La Sécurité are back with another banger, and this time they came to eat. The quintet has just dropped Snack City, the second single off their upcoming sophomore LP ‘Bingo!’ — out June 12 via Mothland (CA/US) and Bella Union (Rest of the World) — and it’s exactly the kind of fidgety, food-obsessed punk freakout you didn’t know you needed today.
First premiered via Magnet Magazine, Snack City is a full-on ode to primal hunger: fast-paced vocals, a careening rhythm section, and layers of guitar and synth countermelodies stacked like a very chaotic, very delicious sandwich. The band keeps it real about the inspiration: “We wrote the song when we were hungry. The segment ‘J’ai faim, j’ai faim, […],’ which translates to: ‘I’m hungry, I’m hungry, […]’ was the basis of the scat singing that remained. We had fun with food anecdotes, food-related puns, etcetera.” Honestly? Mood.
Fair warning: this one may trigger the munchies. Snack accordingly before pressing play.
The Video
Director Philippe Beauséjour cooked up (sorry) a collage animation pulling from the band’s own tour photos and videos, spliced with imagery lifted straight from 60s and 90s cookbooks. He describes it as scrapbooking with a touch of animation — including constructing vocalist Éliane Viens’ face entirely out of food, nodding to Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s ‘Summer.’ It’s weird. It’s wonderful. It’s very La Sécurité.
About ‘Bingo!’
Produced by Félix Bélisle and Emmanuel Éthier (Corridor, Chocolat, Population II), ‘Bingo!’ is shaping up to be a proper leap forward for the five-piece. The record digs deeper into polyrhythms, counter-intuitive chord changes, and melodic dissonance — all while covering ground from mental health (“Power Snoozer”) and the autonomy of women (“Princesse”) to dysfunctional relationships (“Deny”), sex work destigmatization (“Trixie”), and a straight-up celebration of the elderly on the title track. If fans of Dry Cleaning, Le Tigre, or Wet Leg aren’t already paying attention, now’s the time.
The album was tracked live off-the-floor using rare ribbon mics and vintage compressors, engineered by Renny Wilson (Nap Eyes, Faith Healer), and mastered by Robin Schmidt — the guy behind records from Pixies, The Hives, and Viagra Boys. In other words: ‘Bingo!’ is gonna hit.
Who Is La Sécurité?
In case you’re just tuning in: La Sécurité (Montréal/Tiohtià:ke) is a collective of five — Éliane Viens, Félix Bélisle, Kenny Smith, Laurence Anne Charest-Gagné, and Melissa Di Menna — making art-punk that’s equal parts jumpy beats, off-kilter arrangements, and minimalistic melodic hooks, all run through what they describe as an “insomniac filter.” The lyrics carry the spirit of the Riot Grrrl movement while the music gets played on dancefloors, which honestly is the exact energy we’re here for.
Their debut ‘Stay Safe!’ landed on the Polaris Music Prize 2024 long list, reached #2 on Earshot, earned love from BBC’s Iggy Pop and Marc Riley, and got press from BrooklynVegan, Under the Radar, and Post-Trash. They’ve played SXSW (NPR’s Best of SXSW 2025), End of the Road, The Great Escape, Reeperbahn, and toured with The Go! Team and The Rapture. The press has compared them to Talking Heads, Devo, the B-52s, and Kleenex — and honestly that’s not even a stretch.
‘Bingo!’ is out June 12 via Mothland / Bella Union. Follow La Sécurité on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.
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