Description
La Securite (Montreal/Tiohtia:ke) is a collective whose art punk is equal parts: jumpy beats, off-kilter arrangements and minimalistic melodic hooks; run through an insomniac filter, the result of excessive exposure to the city’s neon lights
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.
Since coming together in the Spring of 2022, they have been invited to perform noteworthy events such as SXSW, End of the Road, The Great Escape, and Reeperbahn, also touring alongside The Go! Team (2024) and The Rapture (2025).
Following the release of Polaris Music Prize 2024 long-listed debut Stay Safe!–as well as its joyous offspring Stay Safe! REMIXED– with Mothland, the five- piece offered singles “Detour” and “Ketchup”, setting the stage for a new influx of D.I.Y. sonic gems, this time also teaming up with Simon Raymonde’s seminal British imprint: Bella Union. Hence, the motley bunch continues to meander the fringes of punk, new wave and krautrock, mischievously flouting stylistic form every chance they get by way of sophomore long- player Bingo!, scheduled for release on June 12th, 2026 via Bella Union (World) and Mothland (Canada/United States).
Review in MOJO “Arty Canadian quintet revitalise European post- punk… The album picks up on and gleefully runs with a vibe which hasn’t been so nimbly utilised since Le Tigre tinkered with similar builiding blocks.”
Online coverage on The Line of Best Fit, Brooklyn Vegan, Song Bar, So Young, God is in the TV, Punk News and many more.
Plays on BBC 6 Music, plus local and online radio plays.
DSP editorial playlist support.
LIVE:
23 May – Dot To Dot Festival, Bristol
24 May – Dot to Dot Festival, Nottingham
24 May – Bearded Theory Festival
26 May – Oporto, Leeds
27 May – Voodoo Daddy’s, Norwich
23 Jul – Elsewhere, Margate
24 Jul – Seek Out 26, Clitheroe
25 Jul – Deer Shed Festival, Topcliffe
26 Jul – Little Bully, Oxford
28 Jul – Dalton’s, Brighton
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