José González celebrates 20 years of Veneer at Way Out West!

Twenty years since Veneer, his uncompromisingly candid, game-changing debut, Jose González celebrates its anniversary with performing it in its entirety at Way Out West. It’s hard to believe an album recorded with merely the most basic of equipment in a cramped Gothenburg flat could end up going platinum, not only in Sweden but also the UK and selling well over 1 million copies worldwide.

 

It’s harder still when one acknowledges that, aside from one brief trumpet solo and the slightest hint of percussion, the record features just one hushed voice and the dextrous picking of an acoustic guitar’s nylon strings. But 2003’s Veneer was such an album, charting in several countries in the world, and eventually making Top 10 in the UK, thanks in part to its cover of The Knife’s ‘Heartbeats’. To mark this milestone release, González returns to Way Out West to perform its songs and, no doubt, more than a few other classics, whether his own or interpretations of those written by others.

 

José González will perform on Saturday Aug 12th.

 

Buy your Early Bird ticket (2095 SEK) now before the price goes up. Check who’s playing when HERE and buy your ticket for 1, 2 or 3 days HERE!

 

 

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