The Montreal duo Bibi Club released Washing Machine today via Secret City Records, and it’s not what you’d expect from a song about loss. Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque wrote it as a tribute to Tobie, a child who loved watching washing machines spin and rush in every direction. The track pulses with that same chaotic energy.
Washing Machine is the first English-language single from Amaro, their third album, which drops February 27th. The duo described the song as “full of light and life despite its underlying grief” with guitars that dance together and a keyboard that evokes life itself. It’s energetic, even danceable. Anna Arrobas directed the accompanying music video.
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Amaro comes after a difficult year for the band. They lost two loved ones recently, and the album works through that grief head-on. The songs explore the space between here and beyond, with love, nature, and community offering a way forward. Sonically, they’ve pushed into avant-pop and electronic body music territory, mixing dark wave and neofolk with baroque touches like harpsichords, trumpets, and ritual chants. Saxophonist and activist Dimitri Milbrun contributes to the album, as does singer-songwriter Helena Deland. Two tracks bear their names: George Sand and A Different Light.
The Polaris-shortlisted duo hits the road in March with stops across Canada and Europe. They’ll play Taverne Tour in Montreal on February 13th before heading to Toronto’s Wavelength Festival in late March, then crossing the Atlantic for UK dates in London, Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, and Leeds, plus shows in Paris and Berlin. Recent tours with Blonde Redhead and Circuit des Yeux, along with a collaboration with Calvin Johnson, have informed their evolving sound.
Their last album, 2024’s Feu de garde, landed them another Polaris shortlist nomination and four-star reviews from MOJO. Amaro takes the themes they’ve been circling for years and makes them explicit. “I want to love, I want to live” runs through every melody, a mantra you can actually dance to.
Photo – Manoushka Larouche
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