Neige has said that many of his songs are influenced by memories from his childhood and the debut is heavily based around that. I've been an Alcest fan from the start, I bought the debut purely because I was intrigued by the cover and loved it.
I think every approach towards the style has been executed flawlessly however Le secret and Shelter always sticked out to me as the most special. I reckon you hit the nail on the head about Kodama and with then idea of balance, particularly in Eclosion where you get the harsh and the soft at one. Great video!
Thanks for the kind words! I must confess, I havent actually listened to Le Secret yet :o I was focusing on the studio albums. I'll have to give it a listen on your recommendation!
Agree with you. Alcest's last two albums are the best. And if you like alcest i think you should check this out - Drudkh - handful of stars (also Roman Saenko(Drudkh) and Neige(Alcest) have side project called Old Silver Key) Cheers
