Feu de garde is a 2024 studio album by Canadian indie pop group Bibi Club. It has received positive reviews from critics.
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| Released | May 10, 2024 | |||
| Studio | Studio Waterhouse | |||
| Length | 34:09 | |||
| Language | Canadian French | |||
| Label | Secret City Records | |||
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"I think you're right, there's like a little weird, melancholy, like something between night and day, or, that weird, foggy morning feeling. It's a more complex feeling than joy or sadness or surge in spirituality."
Reception
editAccording to the review aggregator Metacritic, Feu de garde received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 from 4 critic scores.[2] This was the album of the week in the Canadian edition of Billboard, where Kerry Doole noted that the album was getting good reviews and displays the group's signature sound of "pulsating keyboards, driving guitars, melodic vocals and thoughtful lyrics".[3] Writing for BrooklynVegan, Bill Pearis also declared this album of the week, writing that it "feel[s] instantly transportive, tapping into old memories or hitting an emotion center that you didn't know you had" and praising the "wistful breeze blowing through these 11 songs that make you want to close your eyes, sway and feel it blow across your cheek".[4] In Exclaim!, Alex Hudson rated this album a 9 out of 10, comparing the music to Stereolab and declaring it "one of 2024's must-hear strokes of genius, crossing linguistic borders with its expression of understated, comforting beauty".[5]
Year-end lists
edit| Publication/critic | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exclaim! | 50 Best Albums of 2024 | 8 | [6] |
Track listing
editAll songs written by Nicolas Basque and Adèle Trottier-Rivard
- "La terre" – 3:22
- "Parc de Beauvoir" – 3:03
- "Shloshlo" – 3:07
- "Le feu" – 3:51
- "you can wear a jacket or a shirt" – 3:19
- "Les guides" – 2:21
- "L'île aux bleuets" – 3:25
- "Samedi / le lit" – 2:48
- "ce qui va disparaître" – 1:49
- "Nico" – 3:55
- "Rue du Repos" – 3:09
Personnel
editBibi Club
- Nicolas Basque – bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, vocals, drum programming, field recording, production
- Adèle Trottier-Rivard – synthesizer, drums, congas, percussion, vocals, production
Additional personnel
- Lévi Basque – bells
- Noé Basque – bells
- Emma Broughton – vocals
- Ali Chant – mixing
- Matt Colton – audio mastering
- Helena Deland – vocals
- Camille Delean – vocals
- Mili Hong – drums
- Eugénie Jobin – vocals
- Mischa Karam – vocals
- Robin Love – vocals
- Niklas Lueger – assistant mixing
- Safia Nolin – vocals
- Carmel Scurti-Belley – vocals
- Marie-Christine Trottier – flute
- Mégane Voghell – artwork
- Daniel Yates – artwork, graphic design
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Brasil, Sydney (May 8, 2024). "Bibi Club's Raw Chemistry Taps Into a "More Complex Feeling Than Joy"". Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
- ^ "Feu de garde by Bibi Club Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ Doole, Kerry (May 10, 2024). "New and Upcoming Canadian Album Releases: Bibi Club, Sebastian Bach & More". Music. Billboard Canada. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ Pearis, Bill (May 10, 2024). "Album reviews: Arab Strap, Les Savy Fav, Bibi Club, Dehd, more". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ Hudson, Alex (May 13, 2024). "Bibi Club's Majestic 'Feu de garde' Is Intimately Grand". Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
- ^ Exclaim! Staff (November 27, 2024). "Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2024". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
External links
edit- Feu de garde at Discogs (list of releases)
- Feu de garde at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
