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About Évasion
Recorded slowly but surely in Agen, Bègles, Crépy-en-Valois, Mérignac, Paris, Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois, Talence, and Toulenne in the 21st century for posterity by Gauthier Arnauné, Corentin Kerdraon, Quentin-Gary Tashdjian, and Vivien Valque.
Guest artists: Adrian Edeline (lead guitar²), Célia Marissal (vocals³), Jean-François Valade (keyboards³), Jérôme Arrighi (bass⁵).
Mastering: Alexandr Vatagin.
Artwork: Paul Boutteaud / Enoa Izac.
Special thanks to: David and Laurent (HEY! Studios), Léa Hardouin-Finez and Julien Marchal (Whales Records), and of course, our wonderful listeners.
“Show your Orange card (the monthly pass of an older Paris) and take a seat. Évasion is a deeply French journey: one of those great summer road trips in a Corail train or a 504, of rest stops under Ricard umbrellas, of windsurfing boards and Polaroids sticking out their tongues.
Mondial Toboggan channels the 1970s–1990s to craft its retro synth-pop. An album like a postcard you never send.
The man in blue gloves forgot his Orange card that morning. He won’t be coming home. Nine tracks later, his gloves were found by the side of the road.
An ocean liner sinks while dancing, a French racehorse beaten in New Jersey, a TGV, a leather-interior Citroën CX, a hang glider, a windsurfing board, and, somewhere above the horizon, Laika watches this little world from her silent orbit.”
