
Ahead of the making of his new album, Julien Bouchard delivers a first single entitled Fond d’écran which appeals to the imagination. The wallpaper (fond d'écran) can represent the distance from a loved one, a rapprochement, abandonment or, on the contrary, the birth of a relationship… everyone has their own free interpretation. In a more pop style, radically different from his previous album Excuse my French, the song draws its roots directly from the Anglo-Saxon indie pop scene of the 90s or later. We think, among the best-known names, of Evan Dando, Built to spill, the Breeders or even Kurt Vile for the most recent ones. The bias that Julien Bouchard has set for himself is to sing this music in French where the voice blends with the instruments without dominating them, thus moving away from the codes of "chanson française".