Montreal duo Bibi Club finally released their excellent new album Amaro via Secret City Records. Made up of Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque, the pair continue to shape their own glowing, instinctive universe, one where grief and joy move side by side and music becomes a place to gather. Amaro feels expansive and alive, carried by standout tracks like “Amaro”, “Washing Machine”, and their latest single “George Sand”. It’s an album that dares to look into the dark while choosing, fiercely, to live anyway.
The new single “George Sand” captures that pulse perfectly. Inspired by the radical 19th century writer and her manifesto for the survival of the Fontainebleau forest, the song is an ode to life, to nature, to the plants and trees that steady us. As the band explains, “The writer George Sand was not only a strong, feminist and radical person, she was also a renowned botanist. This song is inspired by her manifesto for the survival of the Fontainebleau forest, an ode to life and nature, to the plants and trees that guide us. A song full of thirst for life, about the force of nature and the therapeutic benefits it provides.” Built around a driving bass line and 606 drum machine, the track gradually ignites, especially when Dimitri Milbrun’s fiery saxophone enters the frame. The sax’s freedom feels vital, almost untamed, breathing fresh air into the song and giving it even more life. “At the end of the song, the guitar and saxophone blend together to form a force that destroys everything in its path,” they add. In both the song and its visual, you can feel the mantra that runs through Amaro beating loud and clear: I want to love, I want to live. Life pushes forward, even in the face of loss.
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