Jose Gonzalez’s latest album, last September’s In Our Nature (amazon) (itunes), is phenomenal from start to finish. It seems as if each week of 2008 brings me another excellent album whose launch date I missed during the last calendar year. Regardless of punctuality issues, this album is quite amazing. Jose is Argetinian by birth, now lives in Sweden, and yet he styles a type of modern brooding folk music isn’t necessarily anything but the pure channeled brilliance of Jose Gonzalez.
The album builds upon itsef throughout the thirty five minute run time as tracks become more complex and refined from the opener, How Low, to the magnificent and fitting closing track, Cycling Trivialities. Although any track from the entire disc would easily have proved the genius of Jose, I thought it was best to include the last track in all its eight minute glory.
mp3 : Jose Gonzalez - Cycling Triviality
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I’m seeing him in June - I can’t wait.
nice… have you ever listened to Joe Purdy? heard him the other day and thought you might like him… he’s the guy who’s song graces the Kia commercials. You know, the one where the people keep going to get gas but they always pull up on the wrong side because the Kia gets such good mpg that they forgot… you know, “I just can’t seem to get right today”
yes i have listened to mr. purdy. and i really like his music although i’m not sure if i have his most recent album… you’re actually the third person to recommend joe purdy to me recently so i guess i’ll have to get on that.
Jose, live at Sonic Boom Records in Tornto, Canada
enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUAqv_p2Joc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akKecQ4TgBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgc3XNFg2×4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2BzD28mPo8