Latest Release
- 27 OCT 2023
- 24 Songs
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture) · 2013
- Veneer (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) · 2005
- Veneer · 2002
- Veneer (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) · 2005
- This Is How We Walk on the Moon - Single · 2014
- In Our Nature · 2007
- Local Valley · 2021
- Local Valley · 2021
- Vestiges & Claws · 2014
- Local Valley · 2021
Albums
- 2015
- 2007
- 2023
- 2023
- 2021
- 2021
Artist Playlists
- The gorgeous minimalist folk of this Swedish singer/songwriter.
Live Albums
Appears On
About José González
Indie-folk singer-songwriter José González played in several ’90s hardcore and alt-rock bands —including Junip, which he would re-form in the 2010s—before turning his focus to acoustic music. ∙ González recorded his 2003 debut, Veneer, while pursuing a PhD in biochemistry, and the album’s international success caused him to abandon his studies. ∙ In 2004, he won Sweden’s Grammis Award—the country’s equivalent of the Grammys—for Best New Artist. ∙ Swedish DJ Embee collaborated with him on “Send Someone Away,” a track from the 2004 Grammis Award-winning album Tellings from Solitaria. ∙ “Heartbeats,” González’s 2006 cover of a song by Swedish electronic pop duo The Knife, sold more than 600,000 copies in the UK. ∙ He contributed lead vocals to four tracks on Zero 7’s acclaimed 2006 album, The Garden. ∙ 2015’s Vestiges & Claws, his third straight Top 10 album in Sweden, was also his highest-charting release in the US, reaching No. 72 on the Billboard 200 chart.
- HOMETOWN
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- BORN
- 31 juli 1978
- GENRE
- Singer/Songwriter