Diables sucrés #[nn]

Three children stand together at dusk beneath dramatically twisting, serpentine trees, their silhouettes caught in a vivid orange and purple twilight that pulses with an otherworldly energy. The title Diables Sucrés — "Sweet Devils" — perfectly captures the mix of childhood wonder and something deliciously eerie that radiates from this Gallimard/Bayou release by Clément Baloup and Mathieu Jiro. It's the kind of 2009 album cover that promises an adventure rooted equally in warmth and strangeness.