Montreal art punk/post punk supergroup La Sécurité have aired their new single “Detour“ and its accompanying video.
The dancy-topsy-curvy single is their first under British imprint Bella Union, it is also available via boutique label Mothland (CA/US). Get it here.
Amidst breathy falsetto vocals, tripwire-like arrangements and driving rhythms, “Detour” pokes fun at pop psychology while advocating for free-will and avoiding the straightforward route, because “where’s the fun in that”? This new dance floor scorcher from the Montrealers should please fans of The B-52’s, Dry Cleaning, Le Tigre, Bodega, or Devo.
Lead singer Éliane Viens-Synnott says:
“We recorded the song with an old friend of mine Renny Wilson. It was refreshing to watch him work on his instincts, trying to keep takes and tones as natural as possible, keeping everything open-ended to see where it could lead us. And since we know each other so well, it felt like he already knew what our music should sound like.”
Watch / listen now.
The band will embark on a US tour supporting The Go! Team at the end of the month, see the dates below.
TOUR DATES
10-28 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10-30 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
11-01 – New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
11-02 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
11-03 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
11-14 – Montréal, QC @ Club Soda (CCF)
About
La Sécurité 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. The motley bunch meanders the fringes of punk, new wave and krautrock, mischievously flouting stylistic form every chance they get. These five scattered, yet creatively concerted entities also propose a wide arsenal of D.I.Y. music videos, visuals, screenprints, patented dance moves, etcetera!
Their debut album Stay Safe!, released in June, 2023 via Mothland, is manic yet surprisingly laid-back, painting unique sonic graffitis evoking a polymorphic reality.
Photo credit: Joel Thomas
