Frenchy’s Reloads: José González - In Our Nature
General Description
Artist/Band: José González 
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Album Title: In Our Nature
Year: 2007
Talented singer..
How I Got Into This Music
Funny thing, I’ve ignored this album for almost a year. I didn’t mind his vocals on the Zero 7 album The Garden, but it wasn’t something that got me all enthousiastic to go listen to other stuff from this guy. Hey, that’s how things work sometimes in my head!
Anyway, coupla months back I heard a small part of his cover of Massive Attack’s Teardrop and that triggered quite a lot of interest on my part. So, I had a listen.
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Have a listen on:
Tracks that got my attention:
How Low
Love this opening track: a single guitar and those deep, dubbed vocals give a great threatening/sad mood to this song. Walking happily drunk through a minefield.
Killing For Love
Love the guitar, annoying repeating bit at the end.
Great lines:
You’ve got a heart filled with passion.
Will you let it burn for hate or compassion.
In Our Nature
Sweet title track. Another simple anti-violence song.
Teardrop
Just listen to it (the vid’s a bit crappy, but still..)
Here’s the Teardrop video at youtube:
It’s brilliant because Gonzalez doesn’t try to better Elizabeth Fraser’s vocals, he makes the song his own..
The Nest
Beautiful vocals, mellow track.
Cycling Trivialities
Beautiful vocals, mellow track.
(No, not a copy/paste error..)
Conclusion
It was fun (re-)discovering this version of Teardrop. I mailed friends of mine about it as if it was one of my greatest achievements in finding this song and telling them about it. But.. They already knew the song and had the album.. An ego is such a silly, fragile thing, heheh..
Back to the album. I played it for a month without getting bored by all the syruppy sweetness and that’s something in my book. For this review I played it all again and still find it enjoyable, something I really didn’t expect.
Like the album and the artist!
Rating: 
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Hahaha, what a surprise! Finally ;))
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:01 pm
stop laughing, HF.. it’s embarrassing - watch out or I’ll tell E you’ve been mocking me
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:33 pm
ok… *lol*
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:03 am
I got eyes Frenchy, I see what HF is up to! *shakes finger at HF* “Be nice to your Brother, HF….”
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:07 pm
heheh..