- La Sécurité's Sophmore LP 'Bingo!' Drops June 12th.
Montreal art punk agitators La Sécurité are back – louder, sharper, and more rhythmically unpredictable – with the announcement of their sophomore album, Bingo!, arriving June 12 via Mothland (Canada/US) and Bella Union (rest of world). Alongside the announcement, the band have released the official video for the album’s title track, “Bingo.”
If their debut Stay Safe! introduced La Sécurité as dancefloor disruptors, Bingo! widens the frame. The record pushes their bilingual art rock into deeper territory – weaving no wave abrasion, noise rock urgency, and shoegaze haze into their jagged, neon-lit pop instincts. The result is a record that feels both tightly wound and gloriously unhinged.
The title track, “Bingo,” channels early-2000s disco punk through a distinctly Montreal lens: frantic percussion, rubbery bass, serrated guitar fuzz, and nervy new wave synth lines collide in a track that’s as compulsive as the game it references. What began as a file name became the blueprint.
“‘Bingo’ was a working title Melissa used to save the demo when we were working on the song,” the band explains. “The lyrics came later following a suggestion from Félix to describe a game of Bingo, to put into words the social life from an old folks home…elderly people that are young at heart, hence the references to Orange Crush, little hats, etcetera. The bass line and its tone are a tribute to Death From Above 1979.”
The song’s accompanying video, directed by Philippe Beauséjour, leans into that manic pulse. Through vibrant collage animation, it captures the fragile line between wholesome pastime and spiraling fixation. As Beauséjour describes, the track’s “energy inspired in me the anxiety of the players leaving the hall with a big sum. It’s like a light social activity evening that can turn into a frenetic obsession with combinations of letters and numbers, stimulated by repetitive movements, sugary drinks, and cigarettes. The numbered cards become calculated abstractions, and every word from the hosts, a prayer.”
Watch the video for “Bingo” below:
Formed in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke, La Sécurité operate as a collective fueled by jittery rhythms, crooked arrangements, and deceptively minimal hooks – music that feels sleepless, lit by city glow. Their work has always embraced tension: danceable yet dissonant, mischievous yet purposeful. Lyrically, their ethos aligns with Riot Grrrl’s spirit of autonomy and community, celebrating women, complicated friendships, and benevolence without sanding down the edges.
Produced by Félix Bélisle and Emmanuel Éthier (Corridor, Chocolat, Population II), Bingo! finds the band refining and complicating their sound in equal measure. Recorded live off-the-floor with engineer Renny Wilson (Nap Eyes, Mitch Davis, Faith Healer) using rare ribbon microphones and vintage compressors, the album preserves the band’s kinetic interplay. Bélisle and Éthier handled mixing duties, with mastering by Robin Schmidt (Pixies, The Hives, Viagra Boys).
Across ten tracks, Bingo! toggles between bite and warmth. It addresses mental health on “Power Snoozer,” autonomy on “Princesse,” and dysfunctional relationships on “Deny.” It skewers everyday mundanity on “Ketchup,” playfully muses on food with “Snack City,” dismantles stigma around sex workers on “Trixie,” challenges new relationship energy myths on “Chill Pill,” and finds unlikely joy in elder social life on “Bingo.” True to form, several tracks capture spontaneous studio lyric improvisations – moments of instinct sealed into record.
La Sécurité – Éliane Viens (vocals, synthesizers, percussion, drums), Félix Bélisle (bass, synthesizers, percussion, piano, production), Kenny Smith (drums, guitar), Laurence Anne Charest-Gagné (guitar, percussion, vocals), and Melissa Di Menna (guitar, synthesizers, vocals, percussion, artworks) – continue to blur the lines between calculated chaos and razor-sharp musicality.
With Bingo!, La Sécurité don’t just return – they escalate.
Bingo! Tracklist:
1. Snack City
2. Deny
3. Detour
4. Power Snoozer
5. Princesse
6. Bingo
7. Chill Pill
8. Trixie
9. Nah Nah
10. Ketchup
Pre-save the album now!
 and dropped the title track alongside a sharp, disco-punk-charged new video. It’s danceable, angular, and just subversive enough to keep you on edge.){kind=link}