Once the chaotic instrumental demo for the title track had been recorded, bassist Félix Bélisle (Choses Sauvages) jokingly suggested that Viens write a song about playing bingo in an old folks’ home. The idea stuck.

“The song ‘Bingo’ is kind of just about the little guilty pleasures of life, like having a fluffy stuffed animal, drinking your slushie, playing bingo with your friends and not giving a fuck,” she says.

The title soon took on a life of its own. During long stretches on tour, “bingo” became shorthand for those tiny moments of triumph that keep exhausted musicians going.

“You’re near the end of the tour, and you’re exhausted, looking for your lip balm at the bottom of your purse,” Viens says. “You pull out all this other shit you’ve acquired, and then you finally find it and say, ‘Bingo! I found it.’ It kind of became the aesthetic for the band.”

That spirit extends to the album artwork, created by guitarist Melissa Di Menna. Covered in bingo cards, drink tickets, guitar picks, and other collected odds and ends, the image resembles the contents of a well-travelled tote bag emptied onto a table after months on the road.

“I think musically it makes sense too, because this album is a bit chaotic at times with a bunch of little Easter eggs peppered in,” Viens says. “When listened to together, they make more sense.”

The same could be said for La Sécurité themselves.

What began as a side project between friends has gradually evolved into one of Canada’s most exciting live bands, shaped by thousands of kilometres, dozens of countries, and countless nights spent figuring things out together on stage. They’re tighter than ever, more ambitious, and still weird in all the right ways.

Whatever they do next, there’s no chance Iggy Pop is ready for it.