Mattéo #1

Set against the muted grays and whites of a wintry landscape, this 2008 Futuropolis album introduces Mattéo, Jean-Pierre Gibrat's sweeping story of the First World War years. The cover — fully painted by Gibrat himself — presents a brooding young man in a dark coat and red scarf, cigarette in hand, while the pale, blue-eyed face of a woman gazes in from the edge of the composition, suggesting longing and distance. A French quote about unanswered letters weaves beautifully into the imagery, setting a melancholy, romantic tone that promises a deeply human story rooted in the turbulence of 1914–1915.