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José González

The Gothenburg singer-songwriter and classical guitarist whose Veneer (2003) includes a hushed cover of The Knife's "Heartbeats".

Veneer

José Gabriel González was born on July 31, 1978 in the Haga district of Gothenburg. His debut, Veneer, came out in Sweden on October 29, 2003 on Imperial and in the rest of Europe on April 25, 2005, in the US on September 6, 2005. He produced it himself; it runs about 30 minutes and is sung over nylon-string classical guitar. NPR's Bruce Warren, writing on May 11, 2006, called it hushed pop that spans continents and described it as achingly intimate, and noted that its only cover is "Heartbeats".

In Our Nature (September 24, 2007, Peacefrog and Imperial in the UK and Sweden, Mute in the US) was recorded in 2006 and 2007 and produced by González, at 33:08. Its songs include "How Low" (2:40), "Down the Line" (3:11) and "Killing for Love".

Albums

Songs

  • Heartbeats Veneer · 2003

    A cover of The Knife's 2002 song, track four of Veneer, issued as a single in January 2006.

Sources

  1. José González (singer), Wikipedia
  2. Veneer (album), Wikipedia
  3. Gonzalez with the wind, Hot Press (2006)
  4. Hushed pop that spans continents, NPR / WWNO (2006-05-11)