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José González

Reveals “Every Age” Video, Album Out 2/17/15

JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ

 

REVEALS “EVERY AGE”

 FIRST SINGLE & VIDEO
FROM NEW ALBUM

 VESTIGES & CLAWS

 

OUT FEBRUARY 17TH, 2015

 

EA

“Every Age” cover

 

José González reveals the first single and video from his forthcoming release Vestiges & Claws, out February 17th 2015 on Mute. The majestic video for “Every Age,” utilizes 360° film technology to create an endless, all-sensory experience. Directed by Simon Morris and Chris Higham, the video was produced by global collective Eyes In Space whose aim is to mesh artistic experiment with scientific innovation to open new worlds. On the making of this video, Eyes In Space says, “Seven billion people on Planet Earth, of which only 536 are lucky enough to have seen Space. Eyes In Space aspires to change this, taking every one on a personal journey to roam the cosmos.” Director Simon Morris explains “Basically its the realization that we are a fragile blue ball filled with life floating in the void and darkness space. We wanted to give everyone the opportunity to roam space freely using a unique video capturing technique.” And José sums up, “The lyrics [of “Every Age”] fit well in the sense of living on a globe together and how it can make us wonder and reflect on how we can make this the best trip ever!”

Watch the 360° version of this galactic journey here, and watch the standard version below:

“Every Age” is now available for sale on all digital service providers. Download it instantly when you pre-order the album here.

JG

José González ‘s new record, Vestiges & Claws is his first in seven years. Released on February 17th 2015, it was produced by González in his home as well as Svenska Grammofonstudion, both in Gothenburg, Sweden. It consists of years’ worth of musical sketches that in other hands might naturally sprawl wildly in sound and style, but on Vestiges & Claws González has created a collection of songs that cohere just about perfectly, ensuring his position as one of the most important artists of his generation.

View the album trailer below:

 “It was no doubt a conscious decision to work without a producer,” said González. “I didn’t want this to be too polished, or too ‘in your face.’ Most of all, it’s fun to be in complete control of the artistic aspect. Also, I was inspired by and picked up a lot of tricks from the producers I have worked with in the past. I like to use distortion and let things be a little overdriven, which gives things a warmer sound. Sometimes people complain that my music is too muddled, but I really do not want a modern crisp sound. I’d much rather aim somewhere between Shuggie Otis and Simon & Garfunkel.”

The result is an album that is less purist, less strict. One can find traces of inspired protest songs and eccentric folk rock on Vestiges & Claws: staccato grooves and rhythms, frustration and optimism. It’s a collection that is simultaneously confident, free and uncertain.

González said, “I started out thinking that I wanted to continue in the same minimalistic style as on my two previous records, but once I started the actual recordings I soon realized that most of the songs turned out better with added guitars and a more beat-like percussion, and with more backing vocals.”

González has been far from idle in the seven years since the release of his last solo record, In Our Nature. Besides making two Junip albums and touring the world both solo and with the band, González has been active in the studio in various contexts. One project in 2013 was José’s input to the The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty soundtrack, directed by and starring Ben Stiller. Besides previously released José and Junip songs, the film also contains exclusively written material as well as an interpretation of John Lennon’s “#9 Dream.” Earlier this autumn, the AIDS awareness group, Red Hot Organization, released the compilation Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell, where González and guests play a very groovy, sax-laden version of Russell’s “This Is How We Walk On The Moon.” During this time, his song “Far Away” won the “Best Song in A Game” at the Spike Video Awards and Rolling Stone named Junip’s “In Every Direction” a Top 50 single of 2010.

Vestiges & Claws is, however, the first album where he has chosen to include exclusively original material, largely revolving around ideas of civilization, humanism and solidarity.

“I think that might be where there is some sort of common thread on this new record: The zoomed out eye on humanity on a small pale blue dot in a cold, sparse and unfriendly space. The amazing fact that we are here at all, an aim to encourage us to understand ourselves and to make the best of the one life we know we have — after birth and before death. And also, I’ve been okay with using rhymes this time,” González said with a smile.  He added, “In general I think that the lyrics are clearer this time. And a little less self-pitying.”

Where Veneer and In Our Nature, might have sounded sparse and barren in parts, Vestiges & Claws has an altogether new feeling to it, at once warmer and darker than before. He talks about how he’s found inspiration in sprawling 70’s Brazilian productions, American folk rock and West African desert blues this time. And how he’s decided to waive the principle of having everything on the album reproducible in a live context.

González summed it up, “I’ve focused more on the role of being a producer this time around. I’ve spent more time thinking of what’s best for the song and the recording.”

A deep, artful thinker whose singular approach to song writing and sonics sets him worlds apart, José González  is in a class by himself. He has a voice. He has a sound. He has a point of view. Vestiges & Claws — musically gorgeous, strikingly profound in lyric  — has a unique and quietly visceral power that is as an outstanding addition to what is now an impressive body of work. The album is, without question, the most highly anticipated of his career.

José González - Vestiges & Claws

Vestiges & Claws Tracklisting

1.) With The Ink Of A Ghost

2.) Let It Carry You

3.) Stories We Build, Stories We Tell

4.) The Forest

5.) Leaf Off / The Cave

6.) Every Age

7.) What Will

8.) Vissel

9.) Afterglow

10.) Open Book

Pre-order links: CD | LP | DIGI

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