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.– Radio-Canada Culture Club
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
March 10-10,9 2023 : Austin, TX • SXSW
March 24, 2023 : Boise, ID • Treefort Festival
April 1, 2023 : Lyon, FR • Trokson
April 2, 2023 : Boulogne Billancourt, FR • Festival Chorus
April 7, 2023 : Toulon, FR • Faveurs de Printemps
April 26-30, 2023 : Koln, DE • c/o pop Festival
May 4-6, 2023 : Ruabon, UK • FOCUS Wales
May 11-13, 2023 : The City of Brighton and Hove, UK • The Great Escape
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