In Our Nature

The music of José González is hardly reminiscent of fireworks and confetti, but still that’s exactly how his last album was received – all over the world. His low-voiced, serious and introverted music has almost been hugged to death by everything from the indie crowd to your grandmother. José himself is, more than anything, surprised. Now it’s time for the new album ‘In Our Nature’. It is four years since his debut ‘Veneer’ was released, the album now certified Gold in both Australia and NZ. During that time a lot has happened: record breaking sales across the world, European, North-American, Australian, New Zealand, Asian and South American tours, a shower of awards and the song ‘Heartbeats’ being featured in the Sony Bravia TV commercial. José’s music rests on a foundation that has been built from long-term work, starting many years ago. You could compare the construction of his music with the research he was doing when ‘Veneer’ was released, at which time he was educating himself to become a researcher in biochemistry at the university of Gothenburg. He attacks his music almost in the same way: patiently, methodically and with great interest in finding unexpected angles. The work with ‘In Our Nature’ was to a great extent about bringing out different approaches. With the organic success of ‘Veneer’ both commercially and in the media, ‘In Our Nature’ is one of the very biggest priorities for Shock in Australia and New Zealand, and an album that is certain to enhance both his reputation and fanbase.