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BIBI CLUB IS A HIT IN FRANCE ! ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS OF THE QUEBEC MUSIC SCENE
DISCOVER THE DUO IN CONCERT IN GATINEAU, MONTREAL AND QUEBEC CITY IN FEBRUARY
LE SOLEIL ET LA MER AVAILABLE NOW VIA SECRET CITY RECORDS
After being crowned Best Newcomers of 2023 during the last edition of GAMIQ in November, Montreal duo Bibi Club kicks off the year 2023 with a series of concerts across Quebec to continue to celebrate the sun and the sea. The band will perform in Gatineau at Minotaure, in Montreal as part of the Taverne Tour, and in Quebec City during Le Phoque Off, following their return from Sao Paolo, where they will play at the SIM Festival in late January. Get your tickets HERE.
Despite several local raves—the album was among the best Quebec albums of 2022 according to Le Devoir, the song Femme-Lady was the #1 best song of 2022 in Cult MTL and among the Top Songs of the Year of the prestigious blog Said the gramophone—Bibi Club remains a well-kept secret in our province. Yet in France, the duo has been making waves since the release of its debut. Following praise from Les Inrocks, Magic Magazine and Libération, as well as an add to the official playlist of France Inter upon the release of the album last August, the band was included in the Top Albums of the Year of Les Inrocks and the 10 Newcomers of the Year of Magazine Tsugi. Bibi Club stopped by France Inter for a performance at Côté Club during their latest tour in December, and they recorded a video with the renowned Blogothèque. They were also interviewed by Radio Nova, they appeared on FIP, and several of their concerts were a smash hit! Lend an ear to this album that has won over the French.
The band will return to Europe and France this spring, following their participation in the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas in March.
Listen to Le soleil et la mer
Praise for Le soleil et la mer
This couple’s sleepwalking pop doesn’t show off to attract attention. Their songs are fragile little cocoons where you can hide to forget the world’s harshness. 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. - Libération (la découverte)
Bibi Club’s subtle gift is to convey the hazy feel of being jet-lagged while still holding our attention right away. […] Le Soleil et la Mer says it all about our planetary wandering and contemplative passion. If you don’t fall in love with this record, it will at least stop you in your tracks. – Les Inrocks
Featuring the ecstatic, trippy voice of Adèle, this collection of mesmerizing beach pop takes us straight into an August paradise via clear turquoise melodies and romantic lyrics, without ever doubting itself. 4/6 – Magic Magazine
Le soleil et la mer is more than an album – it’s a transformative journey. A dreamy, tender epic courtesy of Bibi Club. Enough to make you fall in love. - La Face B (France)
Highlight include L’Oiseau rouge, which somehow reminds of Cocteau Twins; Le matin and Femme-Lady sounds as much like the dreamy pop of Beach House as the noise-pop of Deerhunter; and kudos for the gloriously daring experiment that is Bellini. ★★★★ – Le Canal Auditif
Bibi Club is about the current moment, objects, nature, everything surrounding us. A way to forget about the daily grind? More like an invitation to let things go, without trying to control them. Going with the flow, basically, which is what the album feels like. Particularly on Femme-Lady, a feverish rock track with new wave bass, groovy synths, and nervy guitar licks by Nicolas Basque. ★★★1/2 – La Presse
The first band to play the whole festival was recent Exclaim! New Faves alum Bibi Club, and they did a formidable job of inviting us in with their compelling brand of Nena-reminiscent synthpop, which sounds nonsensical and elegant in equal measure. - Exclaim!
A soothing, free-spirited, pure folk record. A gorgeous album.
Le soleil et la mer is true to its title. Like the sun, it’s warm and bright. Like the sea, it soothes us and takes us far away. It conveys joy and love.- Journal Metro
The pair named themselves “Bibi Club” for the discotheque in their living room, where the couple’s bibis—their loved ones—come and dance. With kids at home, Nico and Adèle had to sneak away to make music: five minutes here, two hours there. Accordingly, their songs imagine that a family’s everyday enchantments might be loaned to the dancefloor, to the nighttime, to a place that’s still thumping as the day breaks. Throughout Le soleil et la mer, Adèle and Nico set out to create music that is intimate, honest, sparkling with an energy that animates even its quiet moments—and inspired by artists as diverse as Stereolab, Suicide, Alice Coltrane, and Tirzah. It’s a sound as ready for revels as it is for rainy days. Bibi Club will remind you: if it’s not sunny here, it’s sunny somewhere.
TOUR DATES
January 27, 2023
Sao Paulo, Brésil - SIM Festival
February 8, 2023
Gatineau, QC - Minotaure
February 9, 2023
Montreal, QC - Taverne Tour
February 15, 2023
Quebec, QC - Phoque Off 2023
March 10-19, 2023
Austin, TX - SXSW
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Download: Cover (jpg) • Press photo (jpg) Credit : Léa Taillefer
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