''Feu de garde'' is the second studio album by Canadian

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Bibi Club Bibi Club is a Canadian indie pop musical duo, consisting of Nicolas Basque and Adèle Trottier-Rivard.Dave MacIntyre"Montreal, meet Bibi Club, the king and queen of living room party music" ''Cult MTL'', March 2, 2023. Basque is a member of Plan ...

, released on May 10, 2024 through Secret City Records. It received positive reviews from critics.

Reception

This was the album of the week in the Canadian edition of ''

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'', 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". Writing for ''

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'', Bill Pearis also declared it an album of the week, writing that it "feel 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". In ''

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'', Alex Hudson rated the album a 9 out of 10, comparing its music to

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's and declaring it "one of 2024's must-hear strokes of genius, crossing linguistic borders with its expression of understated, comforting beauty".

Year-end lists

The album was longlisted for the

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.Allie Gregory
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'', June 10, 2025.

Track listing

All 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

Bibi Club *Nicolas Basque – bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, vocals, drum

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*Adèle Trottier-Rivard – synthesizer, drums,

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, percussion, vocals, production Additional personnel *Lévi Basque – bells *Noé Basque – bells *Emma Broughton – vocals *Ali Chant – mixing *Matt Colton –

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– 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,

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