Si seulement #2

A lone figure stands silhouetted against a blinding rectangle of light, caught at the threshold of an open door set into a curved, oppressive tunnel of dark red brick — it's a cover image that radiates tension and possibility in equal measure. Rodolphe and Chabane craft a quietly unsettling visual puzzle here, the title's question — Si seulement? ("If only?") — hanging perfectly over this man poised between shadow and the unknown. This 2012 release from Bamboo Édition is the kind of Franco-Belgian album that earns a second look before you've even turned the first page.