Veneer's a pretty solid album to my ears. It's not particularly challenging, but there aren't any duds that make you want to bash the next button. Like it, and recommend it.
Zero5 said:
I think this is the start of a new type of music saturating the charts [..] this year is going to be full of folky types like Nizlopi and Jose.
Just a feeling...
I think that's justified. There's certainly more than a murmur regarding nu/neo/freak/acid-folk, or whatever you want to call it, in mainstream music press of late. Devendra Banhart, Sufjan Stevens and Vashti Bunyan for example. I think people are perhaps looking for something a little less vapid than Katie Melua, or maybe everyone's just tired of listening to the happy-happy sound of artists like The Shins and Belle & Sebastian. Still, those artists aren't likely to get a huge takeup, but it bodes well for music releases in the coming year as far as I'm concerned.
On a related note, I've seen González pigeonholed under 'Sadcore', along with artists like Cat Power (best voice in music) and Iron & Wine (best beard in music), and I've decided that's one of the greatest names for a genre yet. Made me laugh [and then hunker down, weeping, in a corner] anyway.
