Bibi Club announce international tour including 3 x UK shows in November
Following widespread acclaim for their new album Feu De Garde, released in May via Secret City Records, Canadian duo Bibi Club have announced news of an extensive international tour running throughout October and November. The tour includes shows in France and Switzerland as well as three headline UK dates in early November – dates and info below:
Tuesday 5th November – Edinburgh – Sneaky Pete’s
Wednesday 6th November – Brighton – Hope & Ruin
Thursday 7th November – London – Shacklewell Arms
Acclaim for Feu De Garde:
“The lovely Feu De Garde is the second LP of hazy avant-pop by the French-Canadian duo Bibi Club... Stereolab is the touchstone but the misty, reflective You Can Wear A Jacket Or A Shirt
could be a Lana Del Ray ballad... Le Feu’s ascending chorus is ready for a mass singalong... Feu De Garde is that good” MOJO – 4 stars ****
“A little bit of magic from the French-Canadian duo... Bibi Club channel Suicide’s proto-punk minimalism on the charming, drum machine-driven ‘L'île Aux Bleuets’ and take rhythmic cues
from Stereolab on English language ode to simpler times ‘Parc de Beauvoir’ – while album standout ‘Le Feu’ is four minutes of giddy, childlike joy.” Uncut – 7/10
“Montreal duo hit the bilingual pop jackpot... With spritz and style, Bibi Club merge Stereolab and The Velvet Underground on their second album, sung in French and English...
There’s plenty here to beguile and charm.” Record Collector
“With whiffs of the mix of nostalgia and futurism mastered by Air, French-Canadian duo Bibi Club intrigue gently on Feu De Garde.
They nod to Broadcast, but also to Galaxie 500 on the beguiling ‘Nico’, where guitars cry behind the door.” PROG
Bibi Club released the singles “Le Feu”, “L'ile Aux Bleuets”, “Parc de Beauvoir” and “Schlosho” from the album.
Like the guardians of a fire that is as protective as it is destructive, Bibi Club appear with arms wide open, presenting their second opus, Feu De Garde. In French, the title means “a fire you keep alive all night to guard the group during overnight expeditions”. Carefully tended by the bibis, the flames bring light, comfort, life. The embers transmit energy, and their warmth protects us against frostbite as a harsh winter finally comes to an end. Deep into a forest, communal power unfolds in all of its vastness, then it bursts into countless pieces of glitter and as many melodies that are simultaneously festive and insightful.
A former member of the female scout group, Les Guides, Adèle reconnects with the values that made her who she is: courage, perseverance, sisterhood, friendship. The years she spent in that community, discovering nature and developing intense relationships, became part of her identity and informed her writing, all the way to the creation of Feu de garde. The influence of Stereolab and, more than ever, Suicide can be heard in the direct, singular approach of the album.
Bibi Club won the “Great Hope for 2023” award at the GAMIQ and was nominated in the “Revelation of the Year” category at the Gala de l’ADISQ. Their debut album made it on to the prestigious Polaris Music Prize 2023 longlist and was raved about by CBC Music, Exclaim!, Cult Magazine and more. On the international front, following praise from Les Inrocks, La Blogothèque, and Magic Magazine, some of their songs were added to the official playlist of France Inter, and the duo was deemed a “discovery” by the magazine Libération: “Minimalist but very well written, this is intimate music in which instruments, noise and (bilingual) vocals are interwoven smoothly, as it dabbles in the world of childhood dreams and games.”
Bibi Club have opened for Blonde Redhead, Patrick Watson, Pomme and November Ultra, in addition to performing in France at MaMA Festival, in England at The Great Escape and in the US at SXSW, in Wales at Focus Wales.
Feu De Garde artwork:
