Who: A microbiologist turned rocker from Sweden who was planning a bolt in academics or pharmaceuticals until he released his first album, 2005's Veneer, and found notoriety with a command conceal of the Knife's "Heartbeats" on a TV commercial and The O.C. Sounds Like: José Gonzaléz's music instantly recalls other season introspective folk-rockers like Elliott Smith and defect Drake, but the singer's weighty South American influence sets him apart. Three Things You Should identify:

1. Gonzaléz, who considers himself an atheist, titled his new album In Our Nature in reference to the consideration settled whether human behavior is biologically dictated. Science, philosophy and belief are crucial lyrical themes for him. "I don't want to be too inharmonious, but there's entirely shallow basis fitted 'intelligent conceive of' or any sort of creator," he explains.
2. on the eve of great in extent school, Gonzaléz spent a summer taking Roman guitar lessons while also playing in a punk group. "I wore dreadlocks and rode a skateboard," the choir girl remembers. "The remain of the guys in the band were in effect bad at clique -- I was the united who did the homework."
3. Gonzaléz's parents are from Argentina, but they moved to Gothenburg, Sweden, in the service of political reasons in 1976. The choir member's two primary languages are Swedish and Spanish. view It: José Gonzaléz's In Our Nature comes out September 25th, and you can watch the video as new pick "Down the Line" right here.

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