Vestiges And Claws

Gonzalez, Jose
Mute Records
General | Feb 2015

Reviews

Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2015-02-18
Very light, singer songwriter male from Sweden playing very lightly plucked guitar, singing soft easy listening melodies. Nice stuff, so tame. Like Nick Drake, minimal emotive, relying on pure melody and genuine simple guitar playing, but unlike Drake as its stripped of any foreboding, angst. More like Raffi on shrooms. Or Cat Stevens at a Catholic Church service. Mostly just solo guitar but overdubs, layers appear. Percussion is limited to simple hand claps or wood blocks. Simple pretty stuff. FCCs? You kidding?

1)* (5:19) simple arpeggios, melody, pretty
2) (5:35) upbeat, bassy with very light percussio
3) (3:26) slight funk to it, hand clap rhythm
4) (3:21) very nice, quiet with bass flute, almost nursery rhyme quality
5) (4:54) joyful with handclaps, so cheery, up with people
6)* (3:11) slower, simpler, agricultural metaphors
7) (6:28) slight upbeat funky, shifts to upbeat rhythm midway
8)* (3:45) drop tuned, simple guitar, no words, minimal, childlike whistling
9)* (3:45) nice pleasant tuning feel in vocs
10) (2:41) finger picking cafe style confessional

Recent airplay

Stories We Build, Stories We Tell
The Forest
Leaf Off / The Cave
Time TravelerApr 24, 2015
Stories We Build, Stories We Tell
A Visit From DrumApr 23, 2015
With The Ink Of A Ghost
Street HassleApr 16, 2015
Stories We Build, Stories We Tell
A Visit DrumApr 16, 2015

Charting

2015-02-20 — 2015-04-24
Week EndingAirplays
Apr 26 2
Apr 19 4
Apr 12 2
Apr 5 3
Mar 22 3
Mar 15 1
Mar 8 3
Mar 1 5

Track listing

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