La Sécurité’s music has always felt a few layers deeper than what the Montreal quintet’s post-punk peers are doing, whether that’s due to a longer list of influences or a stronger ability to collage them together. 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. “Initially written in French and translated into English, the song deals with dysfunctional relationships, cleaning up our lives,” the band explains. “Standing up for yourself. ‘This doesn’t work for me; I’m out.’ The basic hook was stolen from Standard Emmanuel, Félix’s solo project.”
Directed by Béatrice Cuierrier-Legault, the track’s music video accentuates certain traits of each band member as the filmmaker strives to channel La Sécurité’s collage-like approach to music. “I wanted to visually create tableaus for each character based on different homogeneous aesthetics centered around the concept of denial,” Cuierrier-Legault shares. “It was by delving into the band’s intimacy and consulting their personal archives that five characters were born, each representing a member and their unique traits. I wanted each character to embody elements from their real lives amidst the alter ego. Since La Sécurité is mainly composed of Millennials, I wanted to highlight ’90s and post-punk influences, but also the arrival of the internet and new digital creation methods.”
Check out the video below, and pre-save Bingo! here ahead of its June 12 release via Bella Union and Mothland.
