Montreal’s favourite art-punk collective La Sécurité are back and they brought a banger. The quintet have just premiered Deny, the final single ahead of their sophomore album ‘Bingo!,’ out June 12 via Mothland (CA/US) and Bella Union (worldwide). The track debuted over at FLOOD Magazine, and honestly, it’s the kind of song that makes you want to reorganize your entire personality.
Deny is a perfectly-lopsided disco anthem built on four-to-the-floor drive, polyrhythmic bass lines, ear-snagging guitar volleys, and psychotronic synth countermelodies — all topped with stern, declarative vocals that eventually bloom into an epic four-part vocal canon. The song started life in French before being translated to English, and that bilingual DNA gives it something most dance-punk tracks just don’t have. As the band puts it: “The song deals with dysfunctional relationships and getting rid of burdens in your life. Standing up for yourself. This doesn’t work for me; I’m out.” Same, honestly.
The video — directed by Béatrice Cuierrier-Legault — is just as distinct as the track. She built out individual visual tableaus for each band member, pulling from their personal archives to create alter-ego characters rooted in their real lives. Think 90s aesthetics, post-punk vibes, and the arrival of the internet all rolled into one cohesive visual trip.
“On Deny, the final single ahead of the release of the collective’s second album ‘Bingo!,’ the band draw upon their multilingualism to forge a unique dance-punk soundtrack to facing their faults head on, with jerky guitar and synth sounds feeling particularly stark against a smooth dance-punk rhythm section.” — FLOOD Magazine
About ‘Bingo!’
If their Polaris Music Prize-longlisted debut ‘Stay Safe!’ put La Sécurité on the map, ‘Bingo!’ is them planting a flag. Produced by Félix Bélisle and Emmanuel Éthier (Corridor, Chocolat, Population II), the record digs deeper into polyrhythms, counter-intuitive chord changes, and harmonic dissonance — while somehow remaining completely danceable. Songs like Power Snoozer, Princesse, Snack City, and Trixie cover everything from mental health to the autonomization of women to celebrating sex workers to, yes, elderly people who love Bingo. It’s snarky and heartfelt in equal measure.
The album was tracked live off-the-floor using rare ribbon microphones and vintage compressors by engineer Renny Wilson (Nap Eyes, Faith Healer), mixed by Bélisle and Éthier, and mastered by Robin Schmidt — whose credits include Pixies, The Hives, and Viagra Boys. So yeah, it’s going to sound incredible.
Catch Them Live
La Sécurité are bringing the party to New York on July 11 at Night Club 101. If you’ve never seen them live — vocalist Éliane Viens doing carefree dance moves, multiple crowd forays, the whole chaotic magic — fix that immediately. Tickets here.
- July 11 — New York, NY @ Night Club 101
‘Bingo!’ is out June 12 via Mothland / Bella Union. Stream Deny now.
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