Un peu de bois et d'acier #[nn]

From Chabouté comes this quietly haunting 2012 Vents d'Ouest release, its cover setting a spare, melancholy mood: a lone park bench sits beneath the dark silhouette of a leafy tree, a single red balloon tethered nearby against a stark black background. The handwritten title card — Un peu de bois et d'acier ("A little wood and steel") — hints at something both literal and deeply human in what's to come. It's a beautifully restrained piece of visual storytelling that announces itself with whispered confidence rather than a shout.